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Footings

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Footings

Workspace

Finance

Company

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Financial overview

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Money

Sales

Purchasing

Books

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New job

Project name What you would call it on the phone. Job # We number it for you — change it if you have your own system. Status Customer — who you bill The general contractor or owner this job invoices to. Their address is remembered the first time you type it on an invoice. Your price for the job Before tax — what you quoted the contractor. Drives the profit column. Labour you expect it to cost Your own crew's time. Material and subtrades come from bills. Install date Site / city Tax jurisdiction — where the work is How this job is supplied

Notes

Who is on this job

Owner — ultimately responsible Estimator Salesperson Project manager

Also keep in the loop

Anyone you add here gets told, and their bell only shows alerts for the jobs they are actually on.

New invoice

Job — optional Invoice # Type Credit against Name the invoice this credit corrects. It cannot exceed what is left on it, and your books reverse against that exact invoice instead of guessing. Status Draft = still editing, not on the books. Sent = issued and locked. Paid happens by itself when you record the money — it is never a label you set. Date Due date Payment terms Holdback % — only if the contract holds back (often 10%) Tax jurisdiction — where the work is How it's supplied

Bill to Attention Their PO number The number the customer put on their purchase order to you. Billing against Summary line

Line items

Notes on the invoice

New purchase order

Job — optional PO # Status Payment terms Vendor Vendor contact Vendor address Ship to Order date Required by Notes

Line items

Document

Email this document

To Message (optional — appears above the document)

It arrives as a clean letterhead email with a PDF copy attached, and replies come straight back to your company's billing address.

Record contract, LOI or PO received

Job Type Their document # Status Issued by Date Awarded value (before tax) Scope Notes

Enter supplier bill

Job Against PO Vendor Their bill # Bill date Due date Posts to account Status Notes

Line items

Total on the bill Type this one and the line and tax fill themselves in. Enter the lines above instead if the bill has several.

The exact tax split — only if the bill disagrees

GST/HST on this bill you claim this back PST / RST on this bill not claimable — becomes job cost

Help & report a problem

Ask anything about Footings, or tell me what's broken. The screen you're on, your version and any error the app threw are attached automatically — you don't have to describe them. Don't send passwords or card numbers; nobody here will ever ask for one.

Your message

Or use the support page

Choose a new password

You arrived from a reset-password email, so this is the moment to set the new one. It takes effect immediately and works on every device.

New password

Record payment

Party

Outstanding

Amount Type what actually arrived — part payments are normal. The invoice shows Partially paid until the balance lands. Date Method Bank account Reference Notes

New account

Code Name Type Group

Manual journal entry

Date Reference Memo

New estimate

Job — optional Estimate # Type Status Prepared for Attention Date Valid until Payment terms Tax jurisdiction — where the work is How it's supplied Scope

Pricing — enter your cost and markup, the price follows

Notes printed on the estimate

Mark as awarded

This creates the award record you will invoice against. Enter the contractor's document number if you have it.

What did they send? Their document # Date awarded Awarded value

Install Footings on this device

It installs straight from the web — no app store, no download, and it updates itself. Once installed it opens in its own window — the app itself opens without a connection (cloud sync and first-time Excel export need one) — and behaves like any other app on your machine or phone.

Add a company you pay

Company name What are they

Posts to account Leave this alone unless you want them somewhere other than the usual account for their type. Contact Phone Email Their GST/HST number WorkSafe / WCB account Tax identifier type Their tax identifier needed to file a T5018 Address Canadian resident a non-resident goes on an NR4, not a T5018 Goods only — they sell material, never construction services Report payments to them on a T5018 at year end Notes

A sole proprietor's SIN is personal information. It is stored apart from the rest of this record, only an owner, admin or accounting user can read it, it shows as the last four digits everywhere else, and every time someone reveals it that is written to the audit trail.

If construction is your main business, CRA wants a T5018 for every Canadian-resident subcontractor you paid more than $500 for construction services in the year — the $500 is measured excluding GST/HST, while the amount reported includes it. Filed within six months of your year end. What you record here is what makes that list possible.

Record an expense

Total on the receipt Type this one and the tax splits itself out. Job Date Vendor Reference What it was for Posts to account Paid by

The exact split — only if the receipt disagrees

Amount before tax GST/HST claimed back PST/RST not claimable — becomes job cost

Status Reimbursed on Someone paid this out of pocket and is owed it back Rechargeable to the job Notes

Bring your books over

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Review document

What is it Job Total on the document Type this one and the tax splits itself out. Vendor Date

First time with this company. Who are they?

More detail — number, PO, tax split, where it files

Their number PO referenced Amount before tax GST/HST PST/RST File it as

Document

Assign crew

Date Crew / person Job Notes