Job Types

Use Job Types to classify your job accounts (Customers, Overhead Accounts and Projects).

HINT-- Goldenseal accounting software uses Job Types to group customers and projects in reports. It can also help you find certain types of jobs, and it's a quick way to assign category systems and other details to many job accounts at once.

JOB TYPE BASICS
Entering Job Types | Data Fields | Using Lists | Using Job Types

Website Info Links
Accounting Software | Job Costing Software | Job Costs Software | Project Cost Software

RELATED TOPICS
Company Divisions | Cost Account Types | Sales Branches

Entering Job Types

To enter a Job Type, follow these steps:

Choose Account Groups from the Options menu, then choose Job Types from the submenu.
Click the New button, or click on an existing item and click the Edit button.
Enter details for the job type.

Data Fields

Enter the following information for each Job Type:

Name-- Type in a brief name for this job type. This is the text that will appear in clairvoyant fields for job type.
Description-- Type in any comments you'd like to make.
Category System-- Enter the category system that is used for costs associated with this type of job account. For more about category systems, see page .
Inventory Account-- Enter the Inventory account to use for jobs of this type.
Sales Commission-- If you pay a commission on sales or projects, enter the sales commission that is used for this job type.
Location Package-- Enter the package of locations that are used for this type of job account (see page ).
Overhead Allocation-- Enter the amount of job income that will be assigned to cover overhead costs. You can enter either a percentage, or a fixed dollar amount per project.
Overhead Account-- Enter the overhead account that will receive income from this job type.
Receivables Account-- Enter the Utility account that will be used to report Accounts Receivable values. Leave the account blank if you'd like to use the standard accounts.
Revenue Account-- Enter the Utility account that will be used to report Revenue values. Leave the account blank if you'd like to use the standard accounts.

Using Job Types

Enter a job type in the Job Type field of each job account (Customers, Overhead Accounts and Projects).

Use cost account types to Find or Sort cost accounts, or to print reports broken down by account type.