Types of expense categories
Beyond obvious costs such as staff salaries or material purchases, a business has many other operating expenses:
- Administrative expenses: accounting, legal services, office or workspace rent.
- Marketing and promotion: Instagram ads, social media management, business cards, or content creation.
- Household/office supplies: consumables for the office/salon (tea, coffee, cleaning supplies, household chemicals).
- Maintenance and subscriptions: cloud services, CRM systems, internet, website domain, or equipment maintenance.
- Transport costs: logistics, courier services, or fuel when needed.
Example in LedgerBoss
Suppose your beauty salon pays monthly for a booking system and cleaning. Instead of recording these as "miscellaneous", you create two categories:
- "Software & subscriptions" — for automatic monthly software charges.
- "Cleaning" — for cleaning service costs.
This lets you run a Profit & Loss (P&L) report at month end and see how much overhead you carry, helping you make informed budget decisions.
If an expense entry was posted for a category, that category cannot be deleted.