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Job Costing QuickBooks Online - Contractors (Udemy.com)

Learn job costing in QuickBooks Online from a practicing CPA

Created by: Robert (Bob) Steele

Last updated March 2020

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What you will learn

  • How to set up a job costing system using QuickBooks Online
  • How to enter job or project estimates
  • How to create jobs or projects
  • How to bill for jobs or projects
  • How to set up two sided or double sided items
  • How to apply materials to jobs or projects
  • How to apply direct labor to jobs or projects
  • How to apply overhead to jobs or projects
  • How to create an invoice from actual costs
  • How to create an invoice from an estimate

How it compares

Against the other 200 rated Udemy courses in Accounting on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 16% of them
  • Reviews73#187 of 201 by number of reviews
  • Length5.3 hoursshorter than 56% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2020earlier than 77% of them

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Course Description

This QuickBooks Online Job Costing course will provide the resources for learners to develop a solid understanding of job costing concepts and the tools QuickBooks provides to create an effective job costing system.

We will discuss the process of setting up QuickBooks for a job costing system.

The course will describe the terminology used by software and by the industry, such as jobs, sub customers, and projects.

Learners will understand how to set up projects and how they function to track costs and revenue per job.

We will cover how to enter bills and allocate costs to jobs using forms such as bill forms and expense forms.

The course will discuss the concept of a double-sided or two-sided items, how to create them, and why they are necessary for job costing.

Learners will know how to apply materials to jobs.

We will discuss how to apply direct labor to a job.

The course will show how to apply overhead to jobs.

Learners will be able to create invoices for the job using either the estimate or the actual billed costs.

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Instructor Details

Robert (Bob) Steele

Through working with students from many different schools, Mr. Steele has learned best practices for helping people understand accounting fast. Learning new skills and finding the best way to share knowledge with people who can benefit from it is a passion of his.    

Mr. Steele has experience working as a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an accounting and business instructor, and curriculum developer. He has enjoyed putting together quality tools to improve learning and has been teaching, making instructional resources, and building curriculum since 2009. He has been a practicing CPA since 2005. Mr. Steele is a practicing CPA, has a Certified Post-Secondary Instructor (CPI) credential, a Master of Science in taxation from Golden Gate University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics with an emphasis in accounting from The University of California Santa Barbara, and a Global Management Accounting Designation (CGMA) from The American Institute of CPA (AICPA).    

Mr. Steele has also authored five books that can be found on Amazon or in audiobook format on Audible. He has developed bestselling courses in accounting topics including financial accounting and QuickBooks accounting software.    

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Reviews

4.3

73 ratings on Udemy

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By Jonathan D McCarty on 7/15/2025

The instructor is very good and clear in his presentation. The company I am working for has asked me to develop a job costing program. This was very helpful as we use QuickBooks for our invoicing.

By Jodi Parot on 7/10/2025

it is not beginner friendly

By Mara Sales on 5/17/2025

I am satisfied with the presentation. The teacher is knowledgeable and explains in detail according to the scope of the course. It's very helpful doing each exercise with him on QuickBooks Online file. It's been a good experience.

By Claudio K Albertine on 6/29/2022

Useful course on Low cost solution for Job Costing.

By Elizabeth Jones on 6/12/2020

So far so good. He's mentioned walking through all the things I am interested in fleshing out with the QBO Job costing system using Projects

By Connor nakao on 4/16/2020

These courses are great I took the quickbooks 2020 quickbooks online course, and now this Job costing one. They are so amazing! I am glad we I'm able to go through the process step by step. The instructor really does a good job about being thorough in detail. Which is really necessary for me to be able to actually learn, thank you Robert!

By Tina Brown on 4/11/2020

Good course; however, the music in the background was a little distracting

By Ferie Ann Dumaguit on 10/18/2023

By Raymond Fariolen on 3/22/2023

By Tatiana Dooley Novichkova on 2/23/2022

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Overall Score : 86 / 100