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🧾 How to Track Expenses & Costs for a Lead

New Feature – Now in Beta!

You can now track expenses and costs related to a job directly within a lead. This tool helps you better manage profitability by automatically calculating:

  • Total Revenue

  • Total Expenses

  • Gross Profit

  • Profit Margin

Whether you're quoting a job or sending an invoice, this feature gives you clear insight into your financials—keeping everything clean, organized, and visible in one place.
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šŸš€ Why This Feature Is Useful

With the Expenses & Costs feature, you can:

  • Categorize different types of job costs (e.g., Labor, Materials, Fuel, Tools, Subcontractors, etc.)

  • Input both fixed and dynamic costs

  • Instantly calculate job profitability

  • Keep financial data in one place, attached to each lead

  • Quickly review summaries at a glance

It’s the perfect way to stay on top of job budgets and maintain visibility over margins.


šŸ“ Where to Find It

To access the Expenses & Costs tool:

  1. Go to a lead file (this can be from Quick View or the full Lead view).

  2. Click on the Payments tab.

  3. Scroll down below Invoices to find the Expenses & Costs section.


āž• How to Add an Expense

  1. Click the + Add Expense button.

  2. Enter the following:

    • Description (e.g. ā€œMaterial deliveryā€)

    • Amount (in $)

    • Date of the expense

    • Category (choose from predefined options like Materials, Tools, Fuel, etc.)


1. Click 'Add Expense' to add the expense to the lead.
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Each expense you add will be automatically reflected in your summary below.


šŸ“Š View Your Financial Summary

After adding expenses, your financial breakdown will appear. Click on 'Summary' to see:

  • šŸ’° Total Revenue (based on invoice total)

  • šŸ’ø Total Expenses

  • šŸ“ˆ Gross Profit

  • šŸ“Š Profit Margin (%)

This lets you instantly understand the financial health of the job.
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šŸ’¬ Provide Feedback (We’re Listening!)

Since this feature is in BETA, we’d love your input!
Click the 'Give Feedback' blue button to share your thoughts directly with our team.
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āœ… Quick Summary

Feature

Benefit

Add & categorize costs

Know exactly where your money is going

Real-time profitability

See profit margin and gross profit instantly

Organized lead view

Keep financials attached to each lead

Feedback option

Help shape future improvements


šŸ’” Pro Tip:

Use this tool consistently across all leads to maintain clean financial records and make better data-driven decisions for your business.
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šŸ” User Permissions: Who Can Access Expenses & Costs?

By default, only users with the right permissions will be able to see and interact with the Expenses & Costs section under a lead.

If you're an admin, you can easily control which users have access:

  1. Go to Settings > Users.

  2. Select the user you want to manage.

  3. Under Permissions, look for the section related to Payments or Lead Financials.
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  4. Enable access to Expenses & Costs.
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This allows you to give team members access based on their role, whether you want them to view only or add/edit cost details for each job.
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āœ… Tip: If a user can’t see the Expenses & Costs tab, check their permissions first.

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