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Sooner or later all new entrepreneurs ask themselves: Why is costing necessary?

Cost analysis is vital for businesses because entrepreneurs cannot optimize expenses unless they clearly understand what they consist of and which business performance indicators will be impacted by the changes and which will not.

Costing is needed to valuate inventory objectively, determine the wholesale and retail prices, calculate and control the return on sales (ROS) of each specific item.
Knowing the unit cost, you can easily determine the required/minimum acceptable markup for the selling price to reach the projected profits.

One of the key factors contributing to accurate financial reporting is the correct inventory valuation. Inventory is considered to be short-term assets, and as working capital it should be valuated based on its acquisition cost.

Why is the cost generally not equal to the latest purchase price?

Current stock may include goods purchased at different times at

Depending on the requirements and specifics of your business, PayTraq offers a variety of options for your sales and procurements arrangement and planning. You can choose an option according to your specific business process or take advantage of its modified versions.

Below are some of the most commonly used sales and purchases workflows.

1) Sales if the product is in stock

(Sales Order) -> Invoice to Customer -> Outgoing Shipment

It is used to sell products which are available in stock.
The easiest and the most common way for selling a product is when the sales order is created, based on which then an invoice is issued.

An outgoing shipment from the warehouse is generated in the program automatically when the invoice is posted.

A simplified alternative of this workflow is when the invoice is issued right away, without the sales order being created.

For advance payment sales, a proforma

As technology and web apps become more advanced, business process automation, previously used only by large enterprises, is now available for small businesses as well. Unfortunately, a lot of people are unaware of many of the advantages of a complex approach to business process automation and never get a chance to benefit from them.

Automated billing is among users’ favorites. Undoubtedly, replacing Word or Excel with web-based services is a better and smarter solution which saves a lot of time. Professional design of generated documents, organized lists of issued bills with instant search option, clear information of who owes what, periodic billing, automatic invoice e-mailing, notifications about past due payments, as well as the possibilities for receiving online payments are what automated billing is all about, and that's why it increases performance compared to manual billing in text editors or spreadsheets. But this is just one business process.

By automating

Do you know that PayTraq can be used in many languages? Users can view the accounting software interface in the chosen language in just one click.

With PayTraq, you can send invoices (orders, proformas, packing lists, etc.) in national language to your local customers and in English to your international customers.

Every country has its own localized version of the service. Chart of accounts, financial statements and tax reports are provided in the local language by default.

Currently we are adding a new feature specifically designed for businesses from non-english speaking countries - support for financial statements in English.

While most accounting programs support only one language, imagine you get a foreign partner who wants to see a standard set of financial statements of your company, such as balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and cash flow statement. This is when your accountant has to become a translator for a

The benefits of the online payments options for your invoices were described in details earlier, so we would like to just remind you what the key points were.

By enabling the option to accept online payments straight from the online invoice link you give your clients the way to pay instantly and with ease. The more payment options you display on your invoices, the higher the chances your customers will pay you on time.

Statistically, by offering the option to pay online the invoices are paid twice as fast as those without it.

Accepting online payments is great for companies working with international clients. It helps to avoid waiting for international wire transfer.

It's worth mentioning that the number of corporate credit cards has been growing. So the client can pay using the card’s available credit, which comes in handy when there are not enough funds in the current