# Stocktake variance

> Stocktake variance is the gap between the quantity you actually counted and the quantity the system says you have.

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/stocktake-variance

Stocktake variance is the gap between the quantity you actually counted and the quantity the system says you have.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

## What it means for a shop owner

It can come from theft, damage, a keying error or a sale not recorded. Find the cause before you fix the number, then record the correction with a note. A small, repeated gap on one item deserves tracking.

## A worked example

The system says 40 and you counted 36. The variance is minus 4, and at a cost of 5 per piece the loss is 20.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/glossary/stocktake-variance
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/glossary/stocktake-variance

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