Expenses · Logging
What categories do expenses go into, and why does it matter?
ComputerOpen Expenses, then the category on each row. Settings, then Expense categories for which ones count as job costs.
PhoneOpen Expenses, then the row. Settings, then Expense categories.
The categories a tax return actually asks for — materials, contractor pay, employee wages, vehicle, tools, insurance, advertising and so on. A bank or card charge arrives already categorised; a hand-logged one takes the category you pick. The same categories feed three things at once: the Schedule C mapping on the Taxes page, the margin calculation, and the Business Health expense ratio — so re-categorising one expense moves all three, and the categories you mark as job costs in Settings decide what counts as cost of goods.