# Logging an expense with a photo of the receipt

> From the expenses screen: "Log expense" with amount, category, payment method and a receipt photo, categories and budgets, and how it shows in the income statement.

Section: Money & reports · verified against the product on 2026-09-14

Canonical: https://dashing.krd/en/help/log-an-expense

## Steps

1. Open "Financial", then "Expenses", and press "Log expense".
2. Enter the "Amount" and choose the "Category" (or "New category").
3. Write the "Description (optional)" — to whom it was paid and why.
4. Choose the "Payment method": "Cash" (from the shift's drawer), "Card", or "Transfer".
5. "Receipt photo (optional)": "Attach / take photo" straight from the phone.
6. Press "Save". The expense appears in the list and in the "Expense report" by category against its budget.

## What happens in the books

The category's expense account is debited and the drawer or bank credited, in your active branch; it shows on the income statement at once.

## What the system does not do

It does not read the amount from the receipt photo automatically, and it does not record salaries as a payroll system — they are logged as an expense under a "salaries" category.

## Common questions

**I paid the expense from the cashier's drawer.**

Choose "Cash" and it is taken from the open shift's drawer so it shows in its count; do not record an extra cash-out for it.

**The category does not exist.**

Press "New category" and type the "Category name"; it then appears for every expense and can get a monthly budget from "Manage budgets".

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashing.krd/help/log-an-expense
- کوردی: https://dashing.krd/ckb/help/log-an-expense

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