Record your business expenses
Your expenses recorded, and net profit visible in Profit & Loss.
- Time
- About 5 min
- Steps
- 4
Steps
Step 2 of 4
Fill in the details
Enter What was it for, pick a Category, the Amount, any Tax paid (optional) and the Date incurred. Choose Paid to (optional) if it was a supplier.
Step 3 of 4
Mark it paid or unpaid
Fill in Date paid, or leave it blank if you still owe it. Press Save expense. Later, use Mark paid on its row.
Step 4 of 4
See the effect
Open Reports → Profit & Loss to see operating costs and net profit for the period.
Sales minus the cost of goods is only gross profit. Rent, salaries and bills come out after that. Recording them is what turns your report into real profit and loss.
- Direct cost: freight and shipping in, packaging. These count against gross profit.
- Operating: rent, salaries and wages, utilities, marketing and the like.
- Other: bank charges and interest, tax.
What's next

Try it on your own store.
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