Project Expenses
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Project expenses are used to record external purchases associated with a project. These are usually subcontracted freelancers providing services at a predetermined price or various resales. A few examples include:
Renting a photo studio
Purchasing stock photos
External processing of part of the project by a subcontractor
Travel expenses related to the project
You can add project expenses while creating a project—this is described in detail in the article Creating a Project.
Open an existing running project—navigate to Cost Estimate, and in the Project Expenses section, click on Edit Project Expenses:
On the next page, you'll see a blank form for entering project expenses.
For illustration, we'll record the following items:
Copywriting
800
1,200
Travel Expenses
200
0
After filling it out, our form will look like this:
Here we can see that the total cost of the project is $1,000 while our revenue will be $1,200.
Always record all costs associated with the project—even if you are not billing them to the client, as in our example with travel expenses. This will give you more precise insights into your clients' profitability.