New custom tag type to mark a Task ad paid and to track the pay date

Greg

I suggest the add of a new custom tag type, for Tasks (not for Working units) which allows to mark the task as paid.

The new tag "does not propagate" to the Work units, as it's useful to keep track whenever a Task is completed and paid. Then the new custom tag can allow the user to enter the paid date.

I use WorkingHours in combination with SubTotal, which allows me to mark an invoice as paid, very nice.
Meanwhile, in WorkingHours, it would be very useful to mark the tasks as paid (which I can do even now, with the normal tag system, adding "paid" tag) but with the possibility to add the paid date, so that it's easy, later on, to associate incomes and bank transfers to each task.
And then, it's not useful to propagate the pay status (paid - not paid) to the Work units, but it's useful to see it in the tasks.

Maybe I'm not the only one interested in this feature. In case, you may think about it.

Thanks, Greg

WorkingHours version: 2.10.26
Operating system: iOS and macOS
Device model: MacBook Pro

Ben Cunningham

I would also like a way to better mark a range of hours. I would like to be able to mark them as submitted for payment and then paid. I would also like an easy way to total a range of hours for submitting them for payment.

Greg

I add a possibile solution to be evaluated: a custom value tag for activities, which can or cannot propagate into the new working units (like a checkbox Propagate yes/no).

Calling the custom tag "Status", in the custom tag value I personally would add:

"paid"
"to be paid"
"partially paid = € xxx"
"offer = accepted/not accepted"

So that I can have the idea of what activity has to be paid in a blink, as well as whether an offer became a work or not.

For some una-tantum work, I would use that tag in "no propagation" mode, because the price of the work is defined, so I don't need to write to each working unit if it's paid or not.
For some hourly rated work instead, I would use that tag in "propagation" mode, so that every new working unit would get "to be paid" value; then I would manually mark the working hours as "paid" as soon as it will be.

I think this, or some similar system, would add another value to WorkingHours, so that it's easy to track what is paid and what is not. Also because I use it along with SubTotal, so it would be nice to see in a blink what works or working units have to be selected for the next invoice.

Thanks for the attention.