Time tracking for client projects

Everhour gives client-service teams structured time tracking, approvals, and project controls for cleaner billing and workload review.

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Everhour does it all — track, budget, report & invoice

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Everhour — Time Tracking
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Everhour — Budgeting
Acme Web Project
1
50% of budget used
$2,500.00of $5,000.00
$2,500.00 remaining
75%
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Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.

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Everhour — Invoices
Your Company LLChello@yourcompany.com
INVOICE
Invoice #1042
Group by:
DescriptionHoursRateAmount
Website Redesign14h$150/h$2,100.00
Brand Guidelines7h$150/h$1,050.00
Marketing Strategy3.5h$150/h$525.00
Total Due$3,675.00
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Client project time records that hold up

What this page is for

Client project tracking turns scattered work into a usable record by client, project, task or phase, person, billable status, and budget consumption. A consulting team can log discovery calls, analysis, revisions, internal review, and client reporting under the same engagement while keeping billable and non-billable time separate.

The goal is a record that supports the next operational step. Logged time feeds invoices, utilization, project margin review, forecasting, and staffing. For U.S. employers with covered nonexempt workers, time records also need to preserve hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek under the FLSA recordkeeping baseline.

Structure client time correctly

Start with a client name, then divide work into projects, phases, or tasks that match the way the engagement is sold and managed. A useful entry includes the person, date, time amount, task or phase, billable status, and a short note that explains the work. For example, a designer might record 2.5 billable hours on client A, website redesign, homepage wireframes.

Non-billable time belongs in the same system. Internal meetings, administration, training, business development, and scope review affect capacity and project profitability even when they never appear on an invoice. A report that excludes non-billable work can make utilization look high while hiding the hours that reduced available delivery time.

Use metrics without distorting work

Billable-hour teams often track utilization as billed hours divided by total hours worked. That metric works best when each person logs both client and internal work consistently. A consultant with 30 billed hours and 10 internal hours in a week has a different capacity picture from someone who logs only the 30 billed hours.

Realization adds another check by comparing net billed hours or fees with gross billable hours or fees accrued. Low realization can point to write-downs, discounting, rework, or scope creep. The useful decision is specific: adjust estimates, change approval points, update rates, or separate non-billable project management from billable delivery work.

Move from totals to controls

A one-off weekly total is enough when you need a quick client recap or a small invoice backup. It stops being enough once several people touch the same client, budgets reset by month, approvals matter, or time needs to flow into billing, payroll review, and staffing decisions without manual cleanup.

A managed workflow gives client project teams project assignments, roles, groups, weekly capacity, approval steps, lock rules, and admin correction tools. Everhour supports that operating layer so tracked time can become reviewed time before reports, invoices, budgets, or payroll-adjacent checks use it.

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G2

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Summer 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which fields belong in a client project time record?

A useful client project time record includes client, project, task or phase, person, date, time amount, billable status, and a work note. Teams that manage budgets should also connect the entry to budget consumption. U.S. employers with covered nonexempt workers also need records of hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.

Should non-billable client work be tracked?

Yes. Non-billable client work affects margin, capacity, and staffing even when it does not appear on the invoice. Track internal meetings, administration, training, business development, and project management separately from billable delivery work. That separation keeps invoices clean while giving managers a complete view of effort.

How should a team measure utilization on client projects?

For firms that use billable-hour economics, utilization is commonly calculated as billed hours divided by total hours worked. The metric needs complete time entry, including non-billable work, or the result overstates delivery efficiency. Budget utilization by person, level, or service line when those views drive staffing decisions.

Which mistake causes client project reports to mislead managers?

The common mistake is tracking only invoiceable work. That creates clean invoices but weak management reports because internal work, rework, training, and business development disappear from capacity planning. Project margin and staffing decisions need both billable and non-billable time in the same reporting structure.

Does U.S. federal overtime depend on the client project?

No. Under the FLSA federal baseline, covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at not less than 1.5 times the regular rate. Hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks for FLSA overtime purposes, regardless of client or project.

How does Everhour Team Management control client project time?

Everhour Team Management lets admins set project assignments, roles, team groups, weekly capacity, approval workflows, lock rules, and personal tracking limits. Managers can review submitted time, approve or reject entries, and correct records when cleanup is needed before billing or payroll review.

How does Everhour reporting support client project review?

Everhour Reporting turns logged time, budgets, costs, and project data into configurable reports with columns for client, project, member, billable time, labor costs, profit, invoice status, and budget metrics. Teams can export reports in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF for client review or internal analysis.

Control client project time

Set up project assignments, approvals, lock rules, and capacity controls before time reaches billing or payroll review. Everhour gives client-service teams cleaner records and stronger project oversight.

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