It is also used on some Profitability reports that show Projected Gross Margin. The initial budget appears on the printed job ticket, which is usually printed as soon as the job is opened. It is used as a reference point for preparing the estimate. The group number controls how an estimate subtotals and appears in the Estimate window and on the printed Estimate itself. The group code can be edited by double-clicking on a job task in the Job Ticket window.
Sales tax is calculated based on estimate amounts for each job task.
Sales tax settings are copied from the Task Table to the job ticket every time a new task is added. A job task's sales tax settings can be edited. When the estimate is printed, you'll see asterisks to the right of the amounts indicating taxable job tasks. Print up to three separate columns on each estimate. When you print the estimate, you have options to one specific estimate, all three estimates combined, or all three separate estimate amounts.