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    What does this do? Sets the… Reference for the POST
    /billing/potential-invoices/{id}/tasks/{taskId}/skip-from-billing endpoint
    in the Leadtime Public API API.
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  label: Set task skip from billing flag
title: Set task skip from billing flag
type: openapi-operation
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**What does this do?**
Sets the skipFromBilling flag on a task, which permanently marks the task as excluded from billing. Unlike toggling skipped status (which only affects the current invoice), this flag prevents the task from appearing in any future potential invoices.

**When to use:**
- To permanently exclude a task from billing (e.g., internal work, non-billable tasks)
- To mark tasks that should never be invoiced
- To undo a previous "skip from billing" decision (set to false)

**How it works:**
- Updates the task.skipFromBilling field directly on the task
- When set to true, the task will not appear in any potential invoices
- When set to false, the task can be included in invoices again
- This is different from toggling skipped status, which only affects the current invoice metadata

**Task requirements:**
- Task must belong to the potential invoice's project
- Task must not be already billed (billed: false)
- User must have access to the project

**Invoice ID Format:**
The invoice ID follows the format: {type}::{projectId}::{dateFrom}::{dateTo}
- Example: SingleProject::0e9d033a-ab41-4212-8637-66c4e3b01fe2::2025-10-01::2025-10-31

**Permission requirements:**
Requires Invoices.manage permission and access to the project.

<Operation source="api-reference" id="potentialinvoicescontroller-skipfrombilling" />