Hi Linda. Yes you can have lines with and without job cost (direct expense). Basically, if the timecard line does not have a Job on it, the wage expense for that line goes to the account in the Other Wages column for that employee's Position in 5-3-3. The overhead from payroll calculations will go the Overhead Expense account designated in the calculation setup in 5-3-1 for hourly wages, or the Admin Expense account for Salary wages. When you do include a Job in the timecard line, the wages go the Job Wages account in 5-3-3 and Job Expense account in 5-3-1.

What if that line also requires a department?  If it does, will that wage show on the Department Income Statement?

Yes, if there is a Department used then any expense related to that timecard line will show on the department income statement.

Linda, if you have a vehicle maintenance guy, you probably have a fleet of vehicles and should purchase the equipment module (menu 8).  If you already own that module, then the time he spends working on the vehicle is coded to the vehicle in the "equipment repaired" column.  When you own the equipment module, you get a separate group of indirect accounts that are below direct expense, and above gross profit.  And you assign that account in the 5-3-3 employee positions table.