# Features: Time Tracking

Step 3: adjusting the Bas configuration · Updated: 2026-02-07 · Bas Software
Web version: https://www.bas.software/en/onboarding/step-3-adjusting-the-bas-configuration/features-time-tracking

Set whether breaks are included in working time and what the default gross hourly wage is for employees.

The **Settings > Working method > Features** page contains the settings for time tracking. In this article, we cover the **Time Tracking** section.

Go to **Settings** > **Working method** > **Features** to view and adjust these settings.

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## Include break in working time

**What it does:** Determines whether break time is counted as working time in time tracking.

| Setting | What happens |
| --- | --- |
| **On** | Break time counts as working time. An employee who works 8 hours with a 30-minute break has 8 hours recorded |
| **Off** (default) | Break time is deducted. An employee who works 8 hours with a 30-minute break has 7.5 hours recorded |

**Our advice:** Leave this **off**. In most cases, you don't want to record break time as productive working time. This gives a fairer picture of the hours actually worked.

`Note:` If your CLA or employment contract stipulates that breaks count as paid working time, turn this on.

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## Default gross hourly wage

**What it does:** Sets a default gross hourly wage used as the basis for calculations.

**Default value:** 0.00

**Our advice:** Enter the average gross hourly wage of your employees here. This is used for internal cost calculations. If you don't use this, you can leave it at 0.

`Tip:` This is a default value. You can set a different hourly wage per employee in the employee settings.

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## Tips

- **Check your CLA.** Whether breaks count as working time depends on your CLA and employment contracts. Align this setting with what is legally correct.
- **Setting a gross hourly wage per employee** gives more accurate cost calculations than a standard average.

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## Please note

- Including **breaks in working time** when this shouldn't be the case leads to inflated time records. You then pay for more hours than were actually worked.

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**Next step:** [Creating revenue groups](https://www.bas.software/en/onboarding/step-3-adjusting-the-bas-configuration/setting-up-revenue-groups)