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Log spend against a category

ConstructionPro.io · 29 July 20261 min read

Every payment should hit a live line. That is how remaining stays honest.

Costs come in as invoices, expenses or timesheets. They all need a category.

From an invoice

File or split the invoice (see the Invoices guides). The spend is the invoice, not a second manual row.

From an expense

Open Costs, add an expense, pick the category, amount and date. Use this for receipts that are not supplier invoices.

From a timesheet

On Contractor-Led and Professional, approved hours post to the project. Check the trade and the cost line before you approve.

A static “left in budget” column is not a forecast. Once dates are on the costs, cash-flow can use them.

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