T&M Invoice charges different price for exact same part - depending on how it's allocated??

Hi there.  I'm testing out the T&M invoicing in Sage 100 Contractor (version 19.4.52.0), and found something odd.   Was hoping there's an option or a fix for this?

If I allocate a part to a T&M job using the Inventory Allocation - it takes the Part's "Average Cost", and populates the column "Costs" in the Inventory Allocation screen.  Then on the invoice, it multiplies this average cost by my Material Hidden Markup.

If I need to purchase more of these parts for the job, I would then create a PO, and finally a PO receipt (or A/P invoice).  Now in the Job Cost for that part it uses the Part's "Default Cost", which populates the "Price" column in the PO screen.  Then, on the invoice, it multiplies the default cost by my Material Hidden Markup.

The obvious issue is then - what if my Default Cost and my Average Cost are different for that part?  It will charge different amounts for the exact same part, and will show up with different totals on the T&M Parts Detail Addendum report. 

Is there any way to change this in a setting before the T&M invoice computes?  I realize I can just go to each job cost and manually override the billing amount if I have the same part on the invoice multiple times, but I'd like to avoid that extra work.

Any help would be appreciated.

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    Thank you for your post !

    I have not run into this myself with testing but maybe or another #Sage100Contractor users has?

  • 0 in reply to Kaohu Ah Yo

    This has not been brought to my attention before, but I think the easiest way to resolve that is to put all the items into inventory and bill them from there.  You could also use a fixed billing amount for that part rather than a % markup.  What "Part Billing Basis" do you have set for the client at menu 3-6?

  • 0 in reply to Char DeLange

    Hi Char,

    The Client Menu 3-6  it is set at "Billing Amount"

    My Part has an actual cost of $4.06, and an average cost of $4.00.  My T&M material hidden markup is 35%.

    - I used that part on an inventory allocation - on the invoice it is selling that part for $4.00 x 1.35 = $5.40

    - I have that same part on a PO and bought it for $4.06 - and the invoice is selling that part for $4.06 x 1.35 = $5.48

    - I went back into the part and manually changed the Billing Amount to $5.99.  So, in theory, since I set my Client (in 3-6) to use the Billing Amount, then that part should now sell for $5.99, and not use the 35% T&M markup.  However, after the recompute, the sale prices remained at $5.40 and $5.48.  Nothing at $5.99.

    - So, in a T&M Invoice, am I able to control individual part prices somehow??  I don't necessarily want ALL my parts to use the 35% markup... since some parts we markup more and some less than others.  But from what I see I don't have that option?

  • 0 in reply to smaris

    The "Billing Amount" on the 3-6 as well as the 9-2 are currently used for the service module only, not T&M billing.   T&M is intended to be cost plus markup.  So unfortunately as far as I can tell you will have to manually override the billing amount on each cost record, or put all the materials through inventory so they use the same cost basis.  Even then the price on one invoice could be 5.40 and later it may go up or down based on the avg cost.  But this is certainly an opportunity for an enhancement request.