FINANCE · 7 Oct 2026
A job's margin has three numbers, not one
When a quote goes out you have an expected margin. When costs start to arrive you have an estimated one. When the last supplier invoice is matched you have a reconciled one. They are three different numbers and most tools show you only one of them, usually the happiest.
We keep all three on the job and say which is which. The owner dashboard links each figure to the records behind it, so when the margin is 14% you can see exactly what it is made of.




