34% of revenue
Feature: expense tracking
Track job expenses where they actually belong.
SideTrack helps freelancers and small service businesses connect costs to the jobs that caused them, so expenses do not disappear into receipts, bank history, or generic categories.
Cost clarity
The expense page shows cost pressure by sale, not just generic categories.
Based on the app Expenses screen: Tracked costs, Total costs, Average per sale, Highest cost sale, Costs by sale, and All sales with costs.
Cost clarity
Tracked costs
See where costs are rising and how they impact your real profit.
Across 6 sales with costs
$410.00
MonTueWedThuFri
Biggest cost drivers
Parker Auto · Profit $830.00
Maddox Lawn · Profit $390.00
Blue Oak Studio · Profit $760.00
The pain
Expenses are easy to record and still hard to use.
Receipts lose job context
A receipt may prove a purchase happened, but not which job it supported or whether that job was priced correctly.
Categories are not decisions
Knowing total supplies expense is useful, but it does not always show which service or client created the cost.
Small costs add up quietly
Materials, mileage, fees, and add-ons can turn a good-looking job into a weak one.
How SideTrack helps
SideTrack connects expenses to job profitability.
Log the costs that matter for the job, then review them beside revenue, payment status, hours, and notes.
Costs by job
Attach expenses to the work they belong to instead of only tracking broad categories.
Better pricing memory
Use past costs to quote the next job with less guesswork.
Profit-aware tracking
See costs as part of the profit story, not just as a bookkeeping chore.
Simple operating records
Keep practical job cost details without needing a full accounting workflow for every update.
Compare
Expense tracking by purpose
Different tools answer different expense questions.
Spreadsheet
- Flexible cost lists
- Manual job matching
- Easy to miss small items
- Reporting takes maintenance
Accounting software
- Best for formal expense records
- Useful for tax categories
- Strong for bank feeds
- Often less focused on job context
SideTrack
- Costs stay attached to jobs
- Revenue and hours stay nearby
- Pricing lessons are easier to see
- Not a tax system replacement
Questions
Quick answers
Is this tax expense tracking?
No. SideTrack is for operating clarity by job. Use accounting software or a tax professional for formal tax categories and filings.
Why not just track expenses in accounting software?
You can. SideTrack is useful when you need the job-level context while deciding pricing, profitability, and follow-up.
What expenses should I track?
Track costs that change the job result: materials, supplies, travel, subcontractors, fees, rentals, and anything else that affects the real margin.
Costs should explain the job, not just fill a category.
SideTrack keeps expenses close to the work so job profit is easier to understand.
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