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# How do I include the indirect costs incurred, to my projects?

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Indirect costs are usually referred to as overhead expenses and general and administrative expenses. Few examples are rent, legal fees, officers’ salary, etc.,

To associate these costs to a project in Zoho Books:

*   Go to **Time Tracking** > **Projects**.
*   Select the project for which you need to record an expense.
*   On the top of the page, click **New Transaction** > **Create Expense**.
*   Fill in the expense details for the project. The **Customer** and **Projects** field, billable option will be automatically populated.

**Insight:** Select the type of indirect cost you want to associate with this project from the expense account drop down. You can also add a new account by clicking the **\+ New Account** option at the bottom of the dropdown.

*   Click **Save** or **Alt+s**.

By marking the billable checkbox, you will be able to invoice the customer for this expense.

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