Expenses

The Expenses section records money that goes out of your masjid. This includes regular costs such as the imam's salary and electricity, as well as one-off spending like cleaning or construction work. Keeping each expense here means your reports show a complete and honest picture of both what comes in and what is spent.

Categories and vendors

You organise expenses using categories and, where helpful, vendors.

• A category is a named type of spending, such as Imam salary, Electricity or Cleaning. Every expense belongs to one category.
• A vendor is who you paid, for example a particular contractor or the electricity company. Vendors are optional.

When a category or vendor is no longer used, you can mark it inactive. It stays on your past records but no longer appears when you add new expenses, so your lists stay tidy.

The fields on an expense

Category

The type of expense, for example Imam salary, Electricity or Cleaning. This keeps your spending organised.

Vendor

Optional. Who you paid, such as a contractor or the electricity company.

Amount

How much was paid, in ₹.

Date

When the expense was paid. You can back-date it if you are entering something from an earlier day.

Fund

Which fund the money comes from, for example General or Building.

Method

How it was paid, such as cash, bank transfer or UPI.

Reference

Optional. A bill number or note to help you find the record later.

Recording an expense

1. Open Expenses from the menu and choose Record expense.
2. Pick the category, and a vendor if you are tracking one.
3. Enter the amount in ₹ and the date it was paid. You may back-date it if needed.
4. Choose the fund the money comes from and the payment method used.
5. Add a reference such as a bill number if it helps, then save.

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Expenses

Record expense

Category	Fund	Amount
Imam salary	General	₹25,000
Electricity	General	₹4,200
Cleaning	General	₹1,500
Construction	Building	₹18,000

Spent this month ₹48,700

Seeing what you spent

The overview and your reports show the total spent this month set against last month, so the committee can see at a glance whether outgoings are rising or steady. Spending is also broken down by category, which is where well-chosen categories pay off.

Waqf-deductible expenses

If your masjid is Waqf-registered, an expense can be marked as deductible for the Waqf contribution. See Waqf for how this is handled.

Bringing in past expenses

If you already keep expenses in a spreadsheet, you do not need to type them in one by one. See Importing your data to bring your history across in one step.