Staff Budgets Report

Aug 10, 2025
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Location: LEAP Menu > Reports > Management > Staff Budgets

Purpose: Presents a comprehensive overview of monthly budget comparisons for professional fees (Time, Fee and Activity) recorded for the selected staff member(s) for the relevant Financial Year.

The report examines four monthly indicators: Billable Hours, Non-Billable Hours, Fees Entered, and Fees Collected. It compares the budgeted amount with the actualized amount for each indicator. All amounts are exclusive of tax. The report can assist in:

Monitoring budget adherence
Evaluating staff performance
Supporting financial planning
Enhancing accountability

Report Trigger:

Budget Figures: The budget figures can be set in the Staff Budgeting section, accessed via LEAP Menu > Settings > Application Settings > Firm > Staff > Budgeting.
Transaction inclusion:
- For calculating monthly actualized Billable Hours, Non-Billable Hours, and Fees Entered amounts, the report only considers those professional fee entries where the transaction date falls within the month being analyzed;
- For calculating monthly actualized Fees Collected amounts, the report only considers those collected professional fees with a payment received date falling within the month being analyzed.
Reporting period: The featured months are determined by:
- Your firm's Financial Year Start Date: Set via LEAP Menu > Application Settings > Accounting > General.
- Your specified 'At Date': Refer to the 'Report Filter' section below for details.

Report Filters:

At Date

The selected 'At Date' serves a dual purpose in the report:

Defining the Financial Year Scope:
- The report will focus exclusively on the Financial Year corresponding to the chosen 'At Date'.
- For example, if your current Financial Year begins on 01/01/2024 and your 'At Date' is set to 07/02/2024, the report will focus on the current Financial Year, listing months from January through December 2024.
Determining the Reporting Period:
- The report will consider set budgets and actualized transactions only for the period from the Financial Year Starting Date to the selected 'At Date'.
- Continuing from the above example, the report will display figures for January through July 2024, including data from 01/01/2024 to 07/02/2024.

Staff

Filters results to only include professional fees recorded the selected staff member(s). With the default option 'All Items Selected', the report will display data for all staff members.

Group By

Provides the following grouping options:

None: No grouping.
Staff: Group the results by Staff.

Report Fields:

Staff	Displays staff names, only available when the report is grouped by Staff. NOTE: When 'Group By Staff' is enabled, the report will provide a breakdown by staff member.
Month	Lists all months within the relevant Financial Year.
Billable Hours Metrics	Billable Hours: The total actualized billable hours recorded for all selected staff member(s) on Time/Activity entries dated within the month. This field considers Time/Activity entries with a status of 'Billed', ‘Billable - Next Invoice,’ or ‘Billable - Later Invoice'. In this context, 'Billable' refers to hours that are eligible for billing, which may either have been billed or are pending billing, as opposed to non-billable hours. Budget: The total billable hours set for the month for all the selected staff member(s) under the Staff Budgeting. Variance: Difference between the total actualized billable hours and the total budget billable hours for all the selected staff member(s).
Non-billable Hours Metrics	Non-billable Hours: The total actualized non-billable hours recorded for all the selected staff member(s) on Time/Activity entries dated within the month. Budget: The selected staff member(s)' total non-billable hours set for the month under the Staff Budgeting. Variance: Difference between the total actualized non-billable hours and the total budget non-billable hours.
Fees Entered Metrics	Fees Entered: The total actualized professional fees entered within the month for all the selected staff member(s). This includes Time, Fee, and Activity entries recorded for all the selected staff member(s) that have a status of 'Billable - Next Invoice', 'Billable - Later Invoice' or 'Billed', and are dated within the month. Budget: The selected staff member(s)' total budget fees amount set for the month under the Staff Budgeting. Variance: Difference between 'Fees Entered' and budget amount set for the month.
Fees Collected Metrics	Fees Collected: The total actualized payments received amount allocated to the fees within the month for all the selected staff member(s). This field only considers payments received applied to invoices within the month. For example, if a professional fee valued at $500 is dated May 2024, invoiced in June 2024, and the relevant payment received (which pays the invoice) is dated July 2024, then the $500 will be counted towards July 2024's Fees Collected figure, rather than May or June 2024. Budgets: The selected staff member(s)' total budget fee collected amount set for the month under the Staff Budgeting. Variance: Difference between Fees Collected and budget Fees Collected amount for the month.

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Tips:

To access a comprehensive breakdown of the actualized 'Billable Hours', 'Non-billable Hours' and 'Fees Entered' for a particular month, you can utilize the Search Time and Fees window by navigating to LEAP Menu> Accounting > Operating Accounting > Time & Fees. In the Search Time and Fees window, please ensure accurate results by setting the correct 'Status' and date range filters.
To accurately reflect changes or corrections, the Staff Budgets Report may yield different results upon reprinting. This can occur due to the following reasons:

Backdated transactions, including professional fees, invoices, and payments received, may be considered, and thus alter the results.
Changes in the status of a professional entry can affect the figures. For example, changing the status of a featured Time entry from 'Billable' to 'Non-billable' can affect the calculation of the actualized 'Billable Hours', 'Non-billable Hours', and 'Fees Entered'.
Adjustments to budget figures under Staff Budgeting may be considered and thus impact the results.

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8/10/2025 8:21 PM

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Staff Budgets Report

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