Business intelligence · Loss/Profit

Exactly how profitable the business really is.

Loss/Profit calculates automatically from the product costs, selling prices and expenses already in POS2026, so the figure you see is accurate and current without any extra bookkeeping.

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Costs, prices and expenses, resolved into profit or loss.

What Loss/Profit does

Automatic profit and loss.

Track your profit and loss accurately with automatic calculations based on product costs, selling prices, and expenses to help you understand exactly how profitable your business really is.

  1. 01

    Automatic calculations

    Profit and loss calculated from costs, prices and expenses.

  2. 02

    Understanding profitability

    Accurate tracking over any period.

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Margin on goods, then profit after expenses.

How you use it

  1. Keep costs and prices current in Products.
  2. Record expenses as they occur.
  3. Open Loss/Profit for the period you want.

01 · Automatic calculations

Calculated, not estimated.

Product costs come from your products and purchases, selling prices from your sales including discounts, and expenses from the Expense module. Loss/Profit brings them together automatically for any period.

Product costs

What each product cost you, from product and purchase records.

Selling prices

What products sold for, including any discounts applied at the till.

Expenses

Categorised expenses, so profit reflects the real cost of trading.

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Profit tracked accurately from day to day.

How you use it

  1. Compare this period with the last.
  2. Check costs, prices and expenses behind the change.
  3. Adjust pricing, purchasing or spending.

02 · Understanding profitability

Track it over time, act on it.

Compare periods, see whether margin or expenses are moving the result, and make pricing, purchasing and spending decisions on accurate numbers.

Track over time

Profit or loss by day, week, month or custom period.

See what moved it

Whether costs, prices or expenses changed the result.

On the dashboard

Key profit figures surface on the Dashboard overview.

Questions

Common questions.

Straight answers about Loss/Profit, based on what the module does.

How is profit calculated?

Automatically, from product costs, selling prices and expenses recorded in the other modules.

Do discounts affect profit?

Yes. Selling prices include discounts applied at the point of sale.

Are expenses included?

Yes. Expenses recorded in the Expense module are part of the calculation. Read about Expense.

Can I see profit for a specific period?

Yes. Loss/Profit can be viewed for any period.

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