# Expense

> An expense is money you pay to keep the shop running, such as rent, electricity and wages, and it is not part of the price of goods.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a cashier and accounting program for shops, hotels and rentals: the cashier keeps selling without internet, it keeps track of who owes you and sends a reminder on WhatsApp in one tap, works in several currencies at once (dinar, dollar and more), keeps the books for you, and has a free plan. In Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) and English, with an assistant called Dash that answers from your own numbers.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/glossary/expense

An expense is money you pay to keep the shop running, such as rent, electricity and wages, and it is not part of the price of goods.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

## What it means for a shop owner

You carry it whether you sell or not, which is why it is often called a fixed cost. Record it under a category (rent, power and so on) so it appears in the profit and loss, because an unrecorded expense makes profit look bigger than it is.

## A worked example

Rent 800, electricity 120 and wages 1500 in a month. Total expenses = 800 + 120 + 1500 = 2420.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/glossary/expense
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/glossary/expense

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