IT Services Policy: Billable Hour

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This is to help define what activity is billable versus non-billable activity under a typical Managed Services Agreement (MSA/MSP). Beyond the obvious that activity which is for the direct benefit of a client, and that activity relates to either an hourly billable event and/or counts against a contract – that activity is considered billable. However here are some additional examples of each:

Billable

  • Company internal work which is assigned a ticket from the IT Manager
  • Client work (ticket & project) which is assigned a ticket from the IT Manager
  • On-site, remote and bench work which is billable to the client
  • In-office prep time for billable on-site time (pulling equipment for install, etc)
  • Warranty work for “completed” tickets performed by someone else
  • Travel time to/from clients, except for before/after work/lunch periods.
  • Design & Implementation meetings for clients – “here is how we are going to go about backup”.

Non-Billable

  • Training, education, conferences, etc.
  • Corporate meetings, one-to-ones, etc.
  • Warranty work for “completed” tickets performed by yourself.
  • Client “touches”: stats updates, “hi”, proposals
  • Training meetings regarding clients – “here is how you….”