How to Use Expenses to Improve Business Decisions

Expense tracking is most valuable when it leads to action.
Compare recurring costs from month to month.
Review spending by category to find rising overhead.
Compare payroll and staffing costs with sales trends.
Check whether marketing costs are producing enough revenue.
Identify vendors or payees receiving increasing payments.
Use net profit—not sales alone—when evaluating performance.
Investigate unusual changes by opening the underlying expense records and attachments.