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Reports — finding your profit leaks

The Reports area gathers the numbers that tell you whether you're actually making money — not just keeping busy. You'll find it in the sidebar and the user menu. It's available to anyone who can edit pricing, and every figure is in $.

Variance — estimated vs actual

The variance report compares what you quoted against what the job really cost, across your completed jobs, with a 6-month trend. If your actuals keep landing over your estimates, your rates or your prep levels are too soft — this is the report that tells you by how much, so you can adjust before the next quote.

Scope creep — the extra work that crept in

The scope creep report shows how much extra scope appeared on your jobs each month — the work that got added after the original quote. A bit is normal. A lot, month after month, means you're either under-scoping on site or doing extra work without raising a variation for it. The fix is usually to raise variations more consistently.

Conversion — how many estimates turn into work

The conversion report tracks how many of the estimates you send actually turn into won jobs. A low rate might mean you're quoting high, quoting slow, or chasing the wrong jobs. A very high rate can mean you're quoting too cheap. Watch the trend more than any single month.

Labour productivity — how your crew's real output compares

The labour productivity report compares your crew's real output against what you estimated. If they're consistently slower than your speed steps assume, that's either a rate to retune or a training conversation — not a surprise you find out about at the end of a job.

Tax summary — for your accountant

The tax summary pulls together your invoices and a GST breakdown for a period, and lets you download a CSV formatted for Xero or QuickBooks import. It works whether or not you've connected your accounting software. See Connecting your accounting software for the full picture.

The variance, scope creep, and conversion reports each carry a small interactive trend graph — tap or hover a point to read the month behind it.

Why it matters: most painters know roughly whether a year went well, but not which jobs or habits cost them. These reports turn a vague feeling into a number you can act on before the next quote goes out.

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