Track Every Expense Before Tax Season Hits
Software subscriptions, domain renewals, coworking passes — log them when they happen, not when your accountant asks.
Tax season arrives and your accountant asks for your business expenses. You scramble through bank statements, trying to remember which charges were personal and which were business.
This happens because logging expenses feels like a chore. It shouldn't be.
Log it when it happens
Just bought a software license? Open Backlog, type "Adobe Creative Cloud", pick "expense", enter €54.99, done. Five seconds.
Tag it to a client if it's project-specific. Add a note if you want. Or just log the amount and move on.
See the damage
The 12-month grid shows your expenses in red, right below your income in green. At any point in the year, you can see exactly how much went out and when.
This isn't accounting software — it's a habit. Log expenses as they happen, and when tax season comes, you just export or scroll through your timeline. Everything is already there.
Per-client expenses
Some expenses are tied to specific clients — a stock photo for their project, a plugin for their website. Tag those expenses to the client and you'll see them in the client's financial grid. Now you know the true cost of serving that client.
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