Make every second count
From clock-in to cash-in. Keep track and stay tax-compliant without breaking a sweat.
Clarity at a glance
Log hours and mileage easily to meet criteria and refine your hourly rate.
Boost your profits
Stay on budget, track project progress, and reach your business goals.
Get paid faster
Automatically turn billable hours into invoices and get paid faster.
Stay compliant
Ensure that your hours and kilometer tracking meet tax deduction requirements.
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Packed with features to save you time
Everything you need to track your time, projects, and finances effortlessly and securely.
Comprehensive hour tracking
Log billable and non-billable hours and projects in one platform. Keep track of the hours and gain insights to optimise your time and earnings.
Real-time project insights
Keep track of your time and budget with a live overview. Make smarter decisions and stay on top of project profitability.
FAQ's about time registration
Shine helps you track hours, stay tax-ready, and invoice in clicks. Find the most common questions about logging time and meeting the Dutch hour criterion here.
Shine offers a simple, user-friendly hour registration tool that lets you log hours by project, client, or task. You can track time in real-time or manually enter hours, giving you full visibility over how you spend your workday.
Yes. With Shine, you can convert tracked hours into a professional invoice in seconds. Just select the hours you want to bill, and the system automatically generates a VAT-compliant invoice, ready to send.
The hour criterion requires freelancers and self-employed professionals to work at least 1,225 hours per year on their business to qualify for certain tax benefits, like the self-employment deduction. This includes both client work and time spent on admin, marketing, and other business-related tasks.
No, it's not mandatory, but it’s definitely smart. Tracking hours gives you insight into how you spend your time, ensures you don’t miss billable hours, and helps you prove you meet the hour criterion for tax benefits.
Absolutely. With Shine, you can track hours by project, client, or task, giving you a clear overview of where your time goes. You can easily switch between projects and generate reports for each.
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