Clients & Profits supports a variety of billing rates based on either staff member, client, task, or job. This gives you the flexibility to handle different kinds of client preferences automatically. Here's how it works:

There's only one cost rate for each staff member, and is entered in the Staff window.

A special overtime rate can be set up for each staff member.

The staff member's cost rate is copied automatically to every time sheet and time card entry.

The job task determines which billing rate-either staff, client, or task-is used on time sheets and time cards. Each job task has a "billing rate method" option that lets you choose which rate to use.
The billing rate method can be changed for the entire job by editing the option in the Job Specs window. Changing this option affects the job's existing tasks. However, old time entries aren't changed (so show the old rates, whatever they were).

If a user has the right access privileges, they can edit cost and billing rates on time sheets, overriding the standard rates.

If a user can't see rates on time sheets, their rates can't be edited by them. Their regular billing rates will be applied automatically, every time.

Time entries always remember the rates that were entered. Even if you change the standard rates later, the time and productivity reports for old time will be accurate.