To create an activity

1. Go to the Time Billing command centre and click Activities List. The Activities List window appears.
2. Click New. The Activity Information window appears.
   
3. In the Profile view, enter an ID for the activity in the Activity ID field and press Tab.
4. In the Activity Name field, type a name for the activity.
5. In the Description field, type a description of the activity.
6. If you want the description of the activity (rather than the activity name) to appear on time billing invoices, select the Use Description on Sales option.

7. Select the type of activity (Hourly or Non-hourly), the status (Chargeable or Non-Chargeable), and the billing rate (employee, customer or activity).

   For this type	And this status	Do this...
   Hourly	Chargeable	Choose the billing rate you want to use. The rate is the price you charge for one unit of the activity. You can: use the rate you set up on the employee or supplier card use the rate you set up on the customer card type a rate to apply to this activity only by entering a rate in the Activity Rate field.
   Hourly	Non-Chargeable	Go to step 10.
   Non-hourly	Chargeable	Enter a unit of measurement in the Unit of Measurement field and an activity rate in the Activity Rate field.
   Non-hourly	Non-Chargeable	Type the unit of measurement in the Unit of Measurement field and then go to step 10.

8. In the Income Account field, enter the account you want to use to track the income you receive for this activity.

9. In the Tax Code When Sold (Australia) or GST Code When Sold (New Zealand) field, enter the tax/GST code that you want to appear as the default when you create a sales invoice for this activity. The default unit of measurement for hourly activities is Hour. If you specified a special billing unit of time in the System view of the Preferences window, this field will still be displayed as Hour, but time will be billed according to the special billing unit.

10. Click OK. The new activity will now be listed in the Activities List window.

To change, deactivate or delete an activity

• To change details of an activity, see Changing a record.
• To deactivate an activity, see Deactivating or reactivating a record.
• To remove an activity from your records, see Deleting a record.

Create activities on the go—straight from your mobile phone using the MYOB Invoices app.