Everhour puts timers on Basecamp to-dos so tracked time stays tied to the work your team completed.
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A Basecamp to-do took time, and you need the hours attached to that exact unit of work. A usable record ties the entry to the Basecamp project, list, and to-do instead of leaving the time as a loose note at the end of the week. That connection lets a manager review the work by task status, person, date, and duration.
The to-do should already carry the work context: title, notes, assignee, subtasks, and due date or date range. The time record adds the operating detail: date, duration, person, and a short note when the entry needs explanation. Good notes explain the work performed or the reason for a manual correction. They do not replace the to-do title, because the to-do is the anchor for per-item totals.
A complete entry starts from the to-do, then records the project, list, date, person, duration, and note. The duration should represent time actually spent on that to-do. Split entries when one person works on two different to-dos, even inside the same list. Keeping one entry per work item protects per-to-do totals and prevents a large block of time from landing on the wrong client task.
Billable status belongs in Everhour setup, not a casual note. Admins set a Basecamp project as hourly, fixed fee, or non-billable, then mark a specific task non-billable or assign a custom task rate when the client arrangement requires it. This keeps billable time and non-billable time available for reports without asking every team member to decide the commercial treatment of each entry.
Per-to-do totals answer a different question from project totals. A project total tells you how much time the whole body of work consumed; a to-do total shows the cost of one deliverable, fix, review, or request. Use the to-do total when you estimate repeat work, explain a client line item, or find tasks that keep exceeding their estimate even though the project still looks healthy.
Basecamp work can start from a Message Board post, schedule item, Card Table, or conversation. For per-to-do hours, convert the action into a trackable to-do and log time there. Entries need the to-do, project, date, duration, and note attached to the actual work item. Logging a whole meeting or discussion against the project hides the item that consumed the time.
A one-off log is enough for a single correction, a small client question, or a quick check on one to-do. A managed workflow fits several people tracking against the same Basecamp project, different rates, client work that mixes billable and non-billable tasks, or hours that must support billing, payroll review, and budget control after the week closes.
Everhour turns those entries into a durable record by collecting Basecamp to-do hours in reports, routing timesheets through approval, and locking submitted or approved periods. Admins can review billable time, non-billable time, costs, and invoice status before a report export or payroll review, while budget alerts flag work that reaches a 50%, 80%, or custom project threshold.
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Track the entry from the to-do rather than from a project summary or end-of-week note. The record should carry the to-do, project, date, person, duration, and a short note when context matters. A report grouped by to-do then shows the total for that item without mixing unrelated list or project work into the figure.
Reviewable entries have enough context for a manager or client to understand the work without reopening every conversation. Include the Basecamp to-do, project, list, worker, date, duration, and note. Use the note for decisions, rework, blockers, or manual adjustments. Avoid using the note as the only description, because per-to-do totals need the entry tied to the actual to-do.
Use a timer for active work with a clear start and stop point, such as coding a fix, revising copy, or reviewing a client request. Use manual entry after calls, offsite work, or corrections where the duration is already known. Mark corrections plainly in the note so reviewers can separate timer-based work from later timesheet cleanup.
Set billable treatment before entries become invoice input. In this workflow, the Basecamp project carries the billing status, and specific tasks can be excluded from billable totals or priced with a custom task rate. A comment that says non-billable is not a billing rule. It leaves the review team to clean up reports later.
The common mistake is logging a combined block against the project after the work is finished. That block keeps the weekly total alive, but it removes the connection to the to-do that produced the time. Split work across separate to-dos on the same day, even for the same person, when the totals need to explain cost, estimate variance, or client billing.
Everhour Expenses tracks project expenses alongside billable hours, so costs stay available for profitability and reimbursement review. Team members can attach receipt images or PDFs to expenses, giving accounting a record to review without separating the cost from the project context.
Everhour embeds time tracking controls into Basecamp through the browser extension, so team members can start a timer or enter time from the to-do they are working on. The tracked time flows into Everhour reports with Basecamp project, list, to-do, task ID, and task status fields.
Use Everhour Expenses to record project costs with receipts, then review reimbursable expenses, invoice-ready costs, and profitability alongside tracked work in Everhour.
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