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Expense log template: every dinar out, with its category and receipt.

One row per expense: date, a category from a drop-down, description, amount, payment method, and whether there is a receipt. The total is computed at the bottom, and fixed categories make month-to-month comparison possible.

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Plain files with no macros; they work in Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice.

The computed columns
CategoryA drop-down with eight common shop categories; edit them as you like.
Receipt?Yes/No — an expense without a receipt is the hard one to defend at month end.

When the sheet stops being enough

The sheet does not know the drawer. In Dashing a cash expense comes out of the shift's drawer and shows in its count, the receipt photo attaches from the phone, and each category has a monthly budget.

Common questions

Are salaries an expense here?

Yes, under "Salaries". Dashing has no payroll either; salaries are logged as an expense.

Dashing does this for every item, automatically, in your shop.