Expenses

Entering what the car costs beyond fuel, and keeping personal use apart from professional use.

The Expenses screen gathers everything the car costs that is neither fuel nor shop work: insurance, tax, registration, parking, tolls, fines, inspection, accessories and washing.

  1. Enter an expense

    Tap the floating button, choose the type and enter the amount, the Date, the Time and the Odometer. Currency, Establishment name and Address complete the record.

    The odometer has a role in the calculation: it is what allows the cost per unit of distance shown at the top of the screen to be worked out.

  2. Keep personal apart from work

    In Expense type, choose between Personal and Work. Anyone using the car professionally can then add up only what is deductible, without mixing it with private use.

  3. Set the recurrence

    Recurrence repeats the expense at the chosen interval: Monthly, Quarterly, Semiannual or Annual. None keeps the entry a one-off. It serves insurance, registration and monthly parking.

  4. Keep the receipt

    Attachments keeps a photo of the receipt or the bill with the entry, and Notes keeps free text.

    When accounting for costs or selling the car, the receipt filed with the amount is what backs the record up.

  5. Read the totals

    At the top appear Cost, Per day and the cost per unit of distance, worked out for the period and the vehicle selected.

  6. Adjust the option lists

    Inside the form, Expense types and Payment methods open the lists so you can add your own. Both apply to every vehicle.

  7. Correct an entry

    Swipe the row to the right to edit and to the left to delete, with a confirmation.

If something goes wrong

The calculation depends on the Odometer in the entries, because without it the app does not know what distance that cost covered. Edit the old entries and fill in the odometer matching the date.

Use Expense type on each entry and choose Work. The same split exists in income, which lets anyone driving professionally close the books.

Open Expense types from inside the form and add your own. The list is editable and applies to every vehicle.

Swipe the entry to the right to edit and change the vehicle. There is no need to delete it and start over.

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