{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/activity-types/","title":"Set up activity types","description":"Activity types describe the kinds of work on timesheets: how they are charged (fee and cost factors) and which pay item pays employees for them.","category":"Payroll","summary":"Open **Payroll › Activity Types** and click **New Activity Type**: **Name**, **Code**, **Base Category**, **Fee Factor** and **Cost Factor** for charging, and the **Payroll Item** that pays employees for this time. **Save**.","lastVerified":"2026-10-09","apps":["app"],"processIds":["activity_types"],"start":{"label":"Open Activity Types","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/activity-types"},"menuPath":["Payroll","Timesheet","Activity Types"],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Add an activity type","body":["Open **Payroll › Activity Types** and click **New Activity Type**:"],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/activity-type/new","fields":[{"name":"Name and Code","help":"e.g. Bookkeeping, BK.","required":true},{"name":"Base Category","help":"how the charge is worked out: an hourly rate, a fixed fee per hour, a flat fee, or not charged.","required":true},{"name":"Fee Factor and Cost Factor","help":"multipliers on the rate for charging and for cost."},{"name":"Payroll Item","help":"the ordinary pay item that pays employees for this time. Without it, pay events from timesheets stop with \"Check Activity Types settings - missing links to Payroll\"."},{"name":"Notes and Active","help":"your notes; untick Active to stop offering it."}],"image":"https://exacc.au/help/activity-types/step-1.png"},{"step":2,"title":"Manage them","body":["A row's menu has **Edit**, **Deactivate** / **Activate**, **Mark as Default for Tasks** and **Delete**. An activity type with timesheets cannot be deleted; deactivate it instead."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/enter-timesheet/","https://exacc.au/help/invoice-from-timesheet/","https://exacc.au/help/payroll-setup/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}