Everhour organizes audit time by client, engagement, and task, so review-ready hours stay tied to the work performed.
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Use this page to turn a week of audit work into a clean time record by client, engagement, and procedure. An auditor may spend Monday on risk assessment, Tuesday at a client site testing controls, and Thursday from home finishing substantive procedures. The useful result is a set of entries that a manager can review without guessing which workstream, client, or engagement absorbed the time.
For U.S. firms, the time record can also support billing and payroll review. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, and records for employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions must show hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. Federal law does not require one specific timekeeping form, so completeness and consistency matter more than the input method.
A useful audit entry starts with the date, person, client, engagement, procedure category, task note, hours, billable status, and reviewer status. Procedure categories should mirror the audit plan, such as risk assessment procedures, tests of controls, substantive procedures, and other planned procedures. A rate field in USD belongs in billing workflows, while payroll records should preserve hours worked separately from the client narrative.
A filled entry can read: Senior auditor, March 5, 2026, Client A annual audit, tests of controls, revenue walkthrough follow-up, 2.25 hours, billable, ready for manager review. That level of detail connects the time to the planned work without turning the timesheet into the workpaper. Audit documentation still needs the procedures performed, evidence obtained, conclusions reached, performer, reviewer, and completion and review dates.
Audit managers use time records to plan staffing because PCAOB audit planning requires an overall audit strategy covering scope, timing, direction, and the nature, timing, and extent of resources needed for the engagement. Entries grouped by engagement and procedure show whether risk assessment, controls testing, or substantive work is consuming the planned effort. That view helps managers move staff before fieldwork stalls.
Public-company audit reporting adds another reason to capture actual hours. For PCAOB Form AP, total audit hours include financial statement audit hours, interim review hours, and internal-control audit hours. Actual hours should be used when available; if unavailable, the firm may estimate and must document the method and computation. Other accounting firms that individually represent 5% or more of total audit hours are reported by name and participation level.
A one-off tracker is enough for a solo internal review, a short consulting engagement, or a cleanup of a single week before invoices go out. It should capture the client, engagement, procedure, person, date, and hours, then leave you with a shareable total by client or project. That setup fails once approvals, revisions, budgets, and staff scheduling become part of the normal audit cycle.
An audit firm needs a managed workflow when staff submit weekly time, supervisors approve or reject entries, and closed periods must stay locked before billing or payroll review. Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project and working hours by person, let managers approve, reject, or partially approve submissions, and protect submitted or approved time from casual edits.
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Start with the client and engagement, then break time into the audit plan categories that managers actually review: risk assessment procedures, tests of controls, substantive procedures, and other planned procedures. Add the staff member, date, hours, billable status, and a short task note. That structure supports engagement planning without forcing auditors to duplicate the full workpaper record.
For PCAOB Form AP, total audit hours include financial statement audit hours, interim review hours, and internal-control audit hours. Actual hours are used when available. If actual hours are unavailable, the firm may estimate, but it must document the method and computation. Other accounting firms at 5% or more of total audit hours are reported by name and participation level.
Use the same client, engagement, procedure, and task fields regardless of location. Location is useful only when firm policy, client billing rules, or supervision needs make it relevant. A U.S. business that tracks employee location or device data must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and state privacy rules can add obligations.
For employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. Covered employers may use any complete and accurate timekeeping method. Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at at least 1.5 times the regular rate.
A weekly lump sum with no procedure or engagement detail creates the most friction. Reviewers cannot see whether the time supported risk assessment, controls testing, substantive procedures, or another planned procedure. The same vague entry also weakens budget follow-up because managers cannot tell whether overruns came from client complexity, staffing gaps, or work outside the original plan.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, so an audit supervisor can review submitted time before billing or payroll review. Managers can approve, reject, or partially approve entries, and submitted or approved time stays locked unless the workflow sends it back for correction.
Everhour Reporting turns logged time, budgets, costs, and project data into configurable reports. Audit managers can group time by project, member, date range, billable status, and other columns, then export reports to CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF for review meetings or archives.
Use Everhour Timesheets to collect weekly audit hours, route submissions for approval, reject or partially approve corrections, and lock approved time before billing or payroll review for cleaner firm records.
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