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Boost Your Firm’s Accounting with TimeSolv & QuickBooks

Boost Your Firm’s Accounting with TimeSolv & QuickBooks

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Erica Birstler
Written by: Erica Birstler
Updated: 2 December, 2025
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If your law firm uses QuickBooks Online or Desktop, you’ve probably seen time-tracking software that claims to integrate with these popular platforms. But most timekeeping tools offer a one-way sync at best. Unless the platforms truly communicate and share data both ways, you’re still stuck entering data twice.

The solution? Choose the only time-tracking software that stays perfectly in sync with your QuickBooks data: TimeSolv.

No other time-tracking software for law firms offers true two-way integration for both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop. That means your time entries, invoices, payments, and trust transactions are accurate on both platforms without duplicate entries, versioning headaches, or gaps in your records.

This kind of deep, two-way connection eliminates accounting friction and gives you a real-time, reliable view of your firm’s financials.

If you’re serious about accuracy and want to make full use of the QuickBooks platform, TimeSolv is the partner you’ve been missing to boost accounting accuracy and firm profitability.

We’ll cover the most essential software features and benefits below.

What is time-tracking software for law firms?

Legal timekeeping or time-tracking software is designed to capture, categorize, and manage billable hours within a legal practice. Unlike basic time-tracking apps, dedicated solutions like TimeSolv include powerful time and billing features tailored for legal workflows:

  • Automated time capture to reduce manual entry and improve accuracy
  • ABA billing codes for standardized legal task categorization
  • Trust accounting integration to maintain compliance with bar association rules
  • LEDES and LSS format support for corporate clients and court billing
  • Matter-based time allocation to organize work by client and case

Generic tools work well for other industries, but the best solutions for legal time tracking are the ones purpose-built for attorneys. They support the compliance requirements, trust accounting, and legal billing formats that small practices need to thrive.

The best legal time-tracking software doesn’t just help you capture more billable time. TimeSolv transforms the way your practice runs, upgrading you from inaccurate time estimates and manual tracking to passive, proactive time management that supports your firm’s growth and profitability.

Why Small Law Firms Need Specialized Time-Tracking Software

If you’re using off-the-shelf timekeeping software, your firm is doing more work than it should. Generic tools aren’t built for legal billing rules, compliance requirements, or trust accounting. They make it harder to stay accurate and profitable.

That’s where specialized legal timekeeping software like TimeSolv comes in. Built for the way firms actually work, these tools can automate time capture, streamline invoicing, and integrate seamlessly with your accounting software, especially if you’re using QuickBooks Online or Desktop.

Software that offers a two-way sync with both QuickBooks Online and Desktop can be a game-changer for your firm. Changes in one system are reflected in the other automatically, so you save time and prevent errors that could leave you billing fewer hours than you worked.

The result: less admin, more billable hours, and a clear path to profitability. Here’s why investing in dedicated law firm time management software with QuickBooks integration can deliver measurable ROI:

1. Recover Lost Billable Hours

If you’re tracking time on paper or from memory, you’re not just guessing. You’re leaving money behind. Every untracked minute adds up to hours of lost revenue each week.

And if your timekeeping tool doesn’t fully sync with QuickBooks, or only pushes data one way, you’re stuck duplicating entries, double-checking numbers, and wasting time on admin that should be automated.

With TimeSolv, you automatically track billable hours as you work with no backtracking or gaps in entries. Passive timers and smart entry tools make it easy to log every billable minute accurately, while detailed reports ensure your invoices are complete, correct, and confidently delivered.

It’s a simple way to increase your billable hours with less busywork. That’s the power of tracking smarter.

2. Accelerate Cash Flow

Clunky invoicing slows everything, including your cash flow. When time tracking, billing, and accounting software are disconnected, hours sit unbilled, invoices go out late, and payments lag behind.

TimeSolv solves that with seamless time tracking and QuickBooks integration for legal workflows. Your billable hours flow directly into your billing software, so you can turn work into revenue faster without the hassle of re-entry.

Clients receive clean, detailed invoices promptly, and with features like online payment processing and secure client portals, paying you is easy. The faster you bill, the stronger your cash flow.

3. Ensure Compliance and Accuracy

Compliance is mission-critical for law firms. From court reporting to audits to client scrutiny, maintaining airtight time and billing records protects your firm and license. When auditors come knocking, client disputes arise, or regulatory changes occur, you need to be certain your invoices are precise.

TimeSolv gives you that confidence. With real-time tracking across devices and seamless data transfer with your accounting software, you’ll always have clean, reliable data ready when regulators, clients, or partners need it.

Create audit-ready reports, support proper trust accounting practices, and stay aligned with legal ethics rules without added manual effort. Everything is automatically logged, clearly documented, and easy to access.

4. Reduce Payroll Costs Through Efficiency

Every hour your team spends on manual time entry or chasing down billing details is time you’re paying for. You’re seeing the true cost of inefficiency every time you process staff paychecks in QuickBooks Online Payroll.

TimeSolv automates time capture and eliminates redundant admin work, so your staff can focus on high-value, client-facing tasks. By cutting down on non-billable overhead and keeping financial data clear, you reduce payroll expenses tied to administrative duties and redirect that time toward work that grows your bottom line.

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Not all timekeeping tools are built for the demands of a legal practice. To truly boost profitability and reduce admin work, look for software that offers these critical capabilities:

Two-Way QuickBooks Integration

A basic sync isn’t enough. To truly streamline your billing and accounting, you need a **two-way QuickBooks Online and Desktop integration** in your time tracking solution to keep your data accurate and your team efficient.

With the TimeSolv QuickBooks integration, your time entries, expenses, and invoices flow automatically between systems, whether you’re using QuickBooks Online or Desktop. It’s the only legal time and billing software with this two-way capability.

No double entry. No manual exports. Just clean, consistent financial data that saves time and prevents costly errors.

Secure Mobile Accessibility

Time tracking should work wherever you do. When you’re away from your desk, you need a mobile solution that precisely logs your time and shares the data with your accounting software in real-time.

Mobile apps with offline functionality help you track billable hours and expenses during court appearances, travel, or client meetings without losing data. When you can record your time for every interaction, research session, and document review, your firm runs like clockwork, wherever you work.

Trust Accounting Compliance

Trust accounting is a legal and ethical must-have for every firm. Look for time and billing software that allows you to maintain separate client ledgers, ensure full compliance, and generate the detailed reports state bar associations require.

With these capabilities built in, you can confidently manage client funds, stay audit-ready, and focus on what matters most: your practice and your clients.

Expense Tracking and Management

The right software captures reimbursable costs in real-time, lets you attach receipts directly to expense entries, and automatically includes those expenses on client invoices.

This means fewer missed reimbursements, less paperwork, and faster, more transparent billing when you use a solution like TimeSolv.

Advanced Reporting and Analytics

Insight is everything when it comes to growing your firm. Detailed, customizable reports in TimeSolv reveal team productivity, pinpoint your most profitable matters, and help you make smarter decisions about where to focus resources.

Top-tier legal billing software with timekeeping features can deliver deep visibility into billable utilization rates and project profitability. Use it as a source for the data you need to optimize your practice and boost your bottom line.

Why Firms Choose TimeSolv for Seamless Time and Billing

TimeSolv is the only legal time-tracking software offering full two-way integration with both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop, backed by our QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisors on staff.

That’s why small firms trust TimeSolv for complete, worry-free accounting integration, along with these key benefits and features:

  • Multiple timer options with mobile app support
  • Passive and automatic time tracking
  • LEDES format invoicing for corporate clients
  • Integrated expense tracking with receipt attachments
  • Comprehensive trust accounting compliance
  • Real-time data sync with QuickBooks Online and Desktop
  • Ability to send accurate invoices directly from the system

QuickBooks Online and Desktop time tracking wasn’t designed for lawyers. It lacks essential features like automated and passive time capture, legal-specific billing codes, LEDES invoicing, and ABA compliance support.

With TimeSolv, you get all these features and support from our own QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisors to stay compliant, protected, and in control of your firm’s time and billing.

Ready to transform your time tracking and billing? Discover how using TimeSolv and QuickBooks together helps you recover lost billable hours and streamline your legal accounting. Start your free trial now.

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Erica Birstler
Erica Birstler is Senior Director of Product Research & Communications at ProfitSolv, the parent company of TimeSolv. Erica has over a decade of experience in the legal software industry, catering to the specialized technology needs of small to mid-sized law firms. She has given numerous presentations across North America on legal technologies such as law practice technology management, cloud computing, and legal billing & trust accounting compliance.
Erica Birstler

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