Page 61 - 3E User Manual- updated 3-2018

Cost Entry (Soft Costs)

• Fields that do not auto-populate after the Cost Type and Matter fields are entered are addressed below.

4) Non Billable
• This field should NEVER be checked as soft costs should not be applied to Non-Billable Matters. Since the matter
entered should always be billable, there will NOT be a check mark:

5) No Charge
• No changes need to be made for this field:

6) Timekeeper
• The Timekeeper defaults to the Supervising Timekeeper for the matter entered above. As long as the
timekeeper is in the office being credited with the revenue, the timekeeper does not need to be changed.

• If an office loaning a piece of equipment to another office, enter your name in the timekeeper field for your
office to get the revenue for the equipment rental.

7) Quantity
• The quantity will default to 1. If the quantity needs increased, click in the Quantity field, highlight the default
amount of "1.00000", and enter the correct quantity. Press TAB to move to the next field:

8) Work Currency
• If the cost type entered has a default work rate, this will default to USD. Do not change this information:

• If the cost type entered does not have a default work rate, type U and USD will appear or click the arrow next to
the Work Currency field, and select USD – US Dollar:

Cost Entry 3/27/2018