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The question with no answer
Two shops, a counter and an online channel, three sites. The books were never asked to keep them apart, so they cannot say.
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Why one total misleads
Two that carry the business and one that has been eating the difference for three years. A combined statement will never say so.
What a cost centre is
Shop 1 and Shop 2. A site. A vehicle. Counter and online. A single large job you want the truth about after it ends.
Where it goes wrong
Sales tag themselves — the invoice is being raised anyway. An untagged expense does not leave the business, it just leaves the branch, and the branch then looks far better than it is.
In BizGST Pro
Create centres by name; the field then appears on the invoice screen and on expenses, including recurring ones. The Cost Centers screen rolls up revenue, cost, margin and margin percent over a date range you choose.
The honesty check
A separate row for everything carrying no label. While it is large, the split above it is not yet describing your business. It shrinking is the sign the habit is forming.
What this number is not
The cost side counts expenses, not purchase bills — so for a trading business the cost of the goods themselves is not in it. Useful, real, and not the same figure. And a document carries one centre, so an invoice cannot be split between two.
BizGST Pro
GST invoicing, customer ledgers, stock and reports — built for Indian businesses.
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