Time and Billing

Brief Accounting is the first cross platform, Windows and Macintosh, solution to fully integrate Time & Billing into a complete accounting system.

Time activities and disbursements can be:

• Entered directly from within the Brief Accounting Time & Billing module
• Imported from the Brief EnCounter Timekeeper accessory
• Imported from cost recovery systems such as Copitrak
• Allocated automatically as part of writing checks out of the General Office Account

Regardless of the source of the record, charges are accumulated under each matter number.

From the Time & Billing module, you can:

• Create and edit individual time or disbursement slips
• Edit time or disbursements as a batch
• Print a pre-bill, showing Time and Billing detail and amounts
• Create a Statement of Fees and Disbursements (Invoice)
• Print supporting documents to the Statement
• Batch process or Consolidate matters for billing

When it is time to bill a client, a pre-bill would be printed to check for errors or omissions. Once signed off, a Statement of Fees and Disbursements (invoice) is printed, posted and sent to the client.

When posting an invoice, Brief Accounting automatically:

• Purges and exports the original entry slips
• Creates an invoice in the Accounts Receivable Journal
• Updates the General Ledger
• Updates the client's matter card

Brief Accounting's Time and Billing module will:

• Streamline your Time and Billing Procedures
• Increase your billings by making it easier to record time and disbursements, therefore making it easier to invoice clients
• Automate the bookkeeping functions of invoicing
• Print clear, effective Statements (Invoices)

Modify Slips

The Modify Slips button is a very powerful function for globally changing multiple Time & Billings slips for a specific matter. All or a sub-selection of slips can be changed together without the need to modify slips individually.