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Using Business Spending & Commitments

How to start, keep, reopen, and use your Business Spending & Commitments work.

Separate costs, payments, recurring commitments, and money personally covered.

Open Business Spending & Commitments

Start with the work in front of you

  1. Start a spending book and record what the cost is for, who is owed, and what has been confirmed.
  2. Record actual payments separately. Track personally covered costs and repayments without counting the same cost twice.
  3. Review recurring commitments and job timing. Download editable book (.json) after changes.

Keep it and pick it up again

The JSON keeps the whole spending book. Summaries and individual cost records contain only their chosen views.

  1. Check your browser’s Downloads for the actual file. Keep the .json extension; a meaningful name and date can help you recognize the copy.
  2. Choose Open saved work below, select that file, and check the tool and summary shown.
  3. Continue in the tool. If there is already work open there, review the replacement prompt. Cancel to keep editing or download the current work before replacing it.
Check and reopen a file

What to keep in view

A supplier bill, payment, and owner repayment are different records. Expected occurrences do not establish that a bill was received or paid.

If it does not look right

If the file will not open, leave the original unchanged and read the error. A reading copy cannot substitute for the editable JSON. If you reopened an older copy, look for a later download; do not overwrite the current work while checking.

Find a safe next step

Where this can lead

These tools may help with the next task. A link alone does not transfer your information.

See the actual file connections

Keep your open draft?

Continuing will discard your unsaved changes. You can return to the draft and save or download it first.