---
title: "Use time and material billing"
slug: "use-time-and-material-billing"
tags: ["Area - Pricebook", "Focus - Construction", "Focus - Service Replacement", "Role - Accountant", "Role - Admin", "Type - Commercial", "Type - Residential"]
updated: 2026-10-16T02:29:56Z
published: 2026-10-16T02:29:56Z
canonical: "help.servicetitan.com/use-time-and-material-billing"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.servicetitan.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Use time and material billing

## Overview

You can bill customers for time and materials, in addition to flat rate billing. With time and materials billing, you can:

- Charge customers separately for labor and material charges
- Set material mark-up rates
- Use time and materials to create invoices or estimates
- Set up Pricebook for both flat rate billing and time and materials billing.

Before you can start billing for time and materials, complete the setup. For more, see [Set up time and materials billing](/commercial/docs/set-up-time-and-materials-billing).

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Depending on your account's configuration, you might see one or more of the following:
> 
> - *Items and Pricing* instead of *Pricebook*.
> - *Customer* instead of *Homeowner*.
> - *Procurement* instead of *Inventory*.
> 
> The names are different, but everything works the same way. For more, see [Commercial Personalization Platform - FAQ](https://help.servicetitan.com/commercial/docs/commercial-personalization-platform-faq).

---

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#### Who uses this feature

- Accountants, managers, and office employees

#### Feature configuration

- Account configuration required. To update your account, please contact your success or implementation manager.

## Step 1: Add the Time and Materials service to the invoice

To add a time and materials service to an invoice or estimate, click **Add a task**, then add the time and materials service.

When you add a time and materials service to a customer invoice or estimate, it will appear in the **Tasks** section on the invoice screen. No price will appear, since labor and materials are charged separately.

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## Want to learn more?

Go back to Invoicing for more on this topic