{"id":195031,"date":"2021-07-16T08:01:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T12:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/blog\/?p=195031"},"modified":"2025-06-18T00:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:46:36","slug":"billable-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/blog\/billable-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"The Comprehensive Guide to Billable Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the factors that enable growth in an organization is its clientele. To be able to work with old clients and close the deals with new ones is something that businesses actively seek. After all, clients bring in projects which in turn increases a company\u2019s top line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as important it is to acquire clients, it is equally important to keep track of the hours spent on each project. This is because it will give a fairly good idea to employers and managers about how to improve work <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/blog\/5-proven-time-management-strategies-to-improve-team-efficiency\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=in-line&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efficiency<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that case, it is important for managers to keep track of billable hours. But first, what are they?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:960px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Z_MYU1garrk\"><div id=\"lyte_Z_MYU1garrk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZ_MYU1garrk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z_MYU1garrk\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZ_MYU1garrk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"960\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:960px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Are Billable Hours?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Billable hours are the time spent working on a project associated with a particular client. The client is charged according to a predetermined hourly rate. Many industries, agencies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/blog\/freelance-time-tracking\/\">freelancers use billable hours<\/a> as a regular practice to keep track of the time spent on pushing a certain project through the finish line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every project has a different structure and execution strategy. It is safe to say that some projects have slightly more complex tasks as opposed to others. However, certain tasks that are common to all projects are billable and are listed below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carrying out research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating project timelines\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication and meetings with clients<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responding to project-related emails\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revising or redoing certain tasks as per the client\u2019s request<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other project-related activities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Do Non-billable Hours Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While billable hours are important for a number of reasons discussed later in this article, non-billable hours are equally important. Non-billable hours are time spent on doing activities that benefit the organization as a whole and not just one specific client and cannot be charged to a client.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tasks That Do Not Account For Billable Hours\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mentioned non-billable hours are time spent on activities not related to a certain client or project. Here is a list of all the activities that do not come under billable hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pitching your work and services to clients\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attending meetings before the contract is signed\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training that benefits your company and not just the client\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brainstorming meetings\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company\u2019s an advertising and marketing projects\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employee development\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work that is beyond the scope of the project<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Administrative tasks such as creating invoices and processing payments\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Networking and other team-building events\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industries That Keep a Track of Billable and Non-billable Hours\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a common practice for some firms to bill their clients at an hourly rate. Some of them are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accounting firms<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Law firms and legal professionals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advertising agencies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freelancers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web developers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public relations firms<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer service\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In these industries, in particular, the aim should be to increase billable hours and reduce non-billable ones. This is because the higher your billable hours, the more money you make thereby increasing the top line of your business. However, this does not mean that activities that do not serve as billable are included too. The next section will give you some tips on how to increase billable hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How To Increase Billable Hours?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bunch Queries Together\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When working on a certain project, employees can face a lot of challenges. They can bombard their managers with queries and back-to-back emails. Although having queries is not discouraged, it does waste a lot of time. Also, managers may not be able to respond to the queries and emails immediately as a result of which employees face roadblocks delaying the project further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to avoid this, it is recommended that employees submit their project-related queries, problems, and updates a day before or at the start of the day. This will not only save time but speed up the pace with which employees will work on a\u00a0 project. The more time is spent on working on the actual project, the better the efficiency and billable time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track Billable Time in Real-time\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is always a good idea to track billable hours in real-time. This is because if by the end of the day you go back to think about what you did for a certain project, you might not come up with accurate results. So record your time as and when you clock in and out of a project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep a Track of Non-billable Hours\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is it important to record non-billable time? Because by the end of the day, you can revisit your tasks and analyze where and how you can be more efficient. For instance, if a big chunk of your day went by in carrying out administrative duties, then you may want to hire someone else to take care of that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid Procrastination\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Procrastination is something that all employees do give innumerable workplace distractions. Employees often tend to take a lot of coffee breaks in between, visit random websites and mindlessly browse social media. If one can control these distractions, they will be directing their time more towards getting more work done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software to Keep Track of Billable Hours\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To keep track of billable hours without any hassle, you may want to try out <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/time-tracking\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=in-line&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AttendanceBot<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is a time tracking software that comes with an additional feature of tracking time spent on projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You simply type \u2018in\u2019 and the software will start <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/blog\/employee-time-tracking\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=in-line&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking your time<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the project. You have to select the project and client that you start working on and hit the confirm button as shown below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the end of the day, you type \u2018out\u2019 and Attendancebot will give you details such as how much time you spent working on a certain project. Your manager will also be able to pull out a report that will be a detailed analysis of how many hours were spent on completing a particular project. With individual employee breakups too.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isn\u2019t this all so simple?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/time-tracking\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195058 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-3.png\" alt=\"AttendanceBot helps you track time. \" width=\"785\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-3.png 785w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-3-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-3-768x125.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-3-100x16.png 100w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-3-700x114.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/time-tracking\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=in-line&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195037 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-hours-image-PNG.png\" alt=\"Billable hours increases work efficiency \" width=\"710\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-hours-image-PNG.png 710w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-hours-image-PNG-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-hours-image-PNG-100x64.png 100w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-hours-image-PNG-700x445.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Calculate Billable Hours?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set an Hourly Rate\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before beginning to track billable hours, employers have to jointly decide the hourly rate with clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hourly rates differ from one industry to another as in the case of a law firm. When most firms decide on their billable hours, they have to be mindful of both the profitability and practicality of taking on a certain client. Therefore, all firms have to take into account several factors such as downtime, vacation time, sustainability, and other factors when deciding on billable time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose an Invoicing Schedule\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the hourly rate is set, you would want to determine an invoicing schedule. Most small businesses and freelancers follow a monthly billing cycle with payments coming in at the end of each month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop a Time Log\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, you have to create a time log to track billable hours. You can do it manually in the form of a spreadsheet where you make separate columns for each client and their respective work description. However, filling in spreadsheets can be tiresome and inefficient. The other option is to track billable time digitally through <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/time-tracking\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=in-line&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">time tracking software<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track Hours by Project\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is common to work on more than one project in a day. However, this may cause confusion if you don&#8217;t track billable hours for each project. Therefore, track your time for each project to ensure clarity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calculate Total Billable Hours\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The time log that you create will help you calculate the total hours spent on a certain project. Make sure to do that at the end of each month before you send an invoice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a Detailed Invoice<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you calculate total billable hours, it is time to formulate a detailed invoice with all the relevant details. Some of them could be:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your business contact details such as phone number, email, and address\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact information of your client\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List of services you provided to the client\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Billable hours for each service\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total payment due clearly mentioning the hourly rate\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terms of payment\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment schedule\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average Billable Hours\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like billable hours, the hourly rate varies from one industry to another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses that charge their clients by the hour have to consider the utilization rate of their employees. But first, what is the utilization rate?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilization rate is the metric that depicts how much time an employee has spent, out of the total working hours, on billable tasks. The formula is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilization rate= Billable hours \/ total working hours x 100<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions That Will Help Manage Billable Hours\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes it becomes difficult for managers to determine whether to bill a certain task or activity to the client. Below are a few questions you can ask yourself to decide whether a certain work needs to be billed or not:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does the time spent on a task move the project closer to completion?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is a certain task helping the employee or the client?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are the tasks included in the scope of the project mentioned in the contract?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the extra time spent on a task due to negligence on the employee\u2019s part?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-195038\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-Hours-Image.jpg\" alt=\"Billable hours increases work efficiency \" width=\"950\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-Hours-Image.jpg 950w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-Hours-Image-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-Hours-Image-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-Hours-Image-100x53.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Billable-Hours-Image-700x368.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefits for Tracking Non-billable Hours\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracking billable hours benefits both the business and its employees. Businesses tend to increase their profit margins while employees get a chase to improve their productivity and efficiency. But you don&#8217;t achieve this in one go. All benefits combined will yield the desired result.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify Less Profitable Clients\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clients that demand more attention or revisions for which you cannot charge them have to be taken seriously. It is without a doubt important to maintain healthy relationships with clients but if a certain client requires more non-billable hours then you must take action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can either revise the rate, terms of the contract or reduce hours. In case a certain client continues to be less profitable, it is probably time to think about the future of the relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce Inefficiency in the Process\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracking non-billable hours is a great way of improving process efficiency. For instance, if non-billable meetings are taking too much time, then you may want to reduce the frequency with which you hold them or go for stand-up meetings altogether.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, if you find employees spending more time in administrative duties then you may consider hiring someone else or automating certain tasks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze Each Employee\u2019s Contribution\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracking non-billable hours gives you the opportunity to find out each employee\u2019s contribution to a certain task and maximize or minimize it accordingly. Basically, it is a way of finding out an employee\u2019s strengths and the speed with which they work. If an employee is quick and efficient at creating debriefs, then those tasks should be delegated to them in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve Employee Engagement<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracking non-billable hours is one of the ways of boosting <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/blog\/using-mobile-apps-for-employee-engagement\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=in-line&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">employee engagement<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Wondering how?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, when you track non-billable time, you get an idea about an employee\u2019s typical workday and workload. As a result, you may want to outsource certain tasks in order to prevent employee burnout. For instance, if an HR personnel is spending most of the time tracking attendance, then you may want to consider using attendance and time tracking software like <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/time-tracking\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=in-line&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AttendanceBot<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that will take the unnecessary load off them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhance Project Planning Process<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When planning for the next project, you will have to identify many things such as the number of employees needed, total hours to be spent, hourly rate, etc. if you want to develop an accurate project plan, then you should consider evaluating two non-billables:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Micro-level: Training and development sessions which should be restricted to only a few hours in a week or month\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macro-level: keep track of internal meetings. If they happen frequently and consume a good amount of time, it is better to reduce them to only one or two in a\u00a0 week depending on their urgency.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage billable hours With AttendanceBot\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are now familiar with the benefits of tracking both billable and non-billable hours. If you are a business that is looking forward to increasing profitability, productivity and efficiency then you may want to consider using <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/time-tracking\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=in-line&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AttendanceBot<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This will take care of your time tracking needs without you having to do collate reports manually. This software will increase your bandwidth to focus on more pressing tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attendancebot.com\/time-tracking\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=billable-hours&amp;utm_content=final\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195056 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"AttendanceBot helps you track time. \" width=\"785\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-1-1.png 785w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-1-1-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-1-1-768x125.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.attendancebot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nivanya-CTA-1-1-1-100x16.png 100w, 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