# How to Do "Timesheet" or "Billable Time by Project"

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-do-timesheet-or-billable-time-by-project/45458>\
**Category:** ideas\
**Created:** [February 11, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-do-timesheet-or-billable-time-by-project/45458 "2023-02-11T23:03:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-do-timesheet-or-billable-time-by-project/45458/2 "2023-02-11T23:34:06Z")

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Welcome to the forum @Phil_S

> [@Phil\_S](#):
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> I have read older discussions on “billable time by project” and found that most folks seem to gravitate towards doing that using “timesheet.”

Yes, people tend to be stuck in ways and thinking about it, **Timesheets** are the defacto standard for logging of time – for many good reasons:

1. They are efficient–easy to fill and easy to review.
2. They are versatile–they can be used to track progress as well as a source for both billing and payroll.
3. Users are very familiar with them to the point that they are pretty much self explanatory.

I know that the developer have contemplated adding those to Manager once:

> [@Added project-based accounting](https://forum.manager.io/t/added-project-based-accounting/37244/21):
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> I’m not sure this will be the right approach. I think I will need to add new tab called `Timesheets` which can be used to generate payslips but also can record time employees are spending between projects and add the cost of it to the project too.

Which makes me wonder why it is still not in ideas.

I’m going to place this in ideas for now.

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