Can customers see my costs?

No. Costs never appear on a customer's quote, invoice or PDF.

Do I have to log every cost?

No, but a job's profit is only as good as the costs you enter. Reports warns you about finished jobs with none.

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Knowing what a job really earned tells you which work to chase and where your prices run low. Your costs stay private: customers never see them.

Once the customer has accepted a job, open its quote page and find the Costs and profit card.
Add each cost: what it was for, the amount, a category (Materials, Labor, Equipment or Other), and a date. Leave the date blank for today.
Read the profit and the margin on the card. A loss shows in red.
Open Reports to see Profit on jobs finished for any period, with the most recent jobs and what was spent by category.
For a head start on new quotes, fill in the Cost list on the Prices page, so you see the profit as you build each quote.

Profit is the price before tax, minus your costs. Sales tax isn't yours to keep, so it is left out.
A job counts in the period of its completed date, or the day its invoice was paid.
Reports tells you when some finished jobs have no costs logged, because their profit would look better than it is.
You can download your costs as a CSV file from Reports.

Can customers see my costs?: No. Costs never appear on a customer's quote, invoice or PDF.
Do I have to log every cost?: No, but a job's profit is only as good as the costs you enter. Reports warns you about finished jobs with none.

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