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Use case · Split one bill across projects

Split Shared Expenses Across Projects

One Hetzner bill, three projects, exact shares.

Hustlay splits shared expenses across projects by percentage or fixed amount. Shared costs are the reason most 'profit per project' numbers are fiction. Hustlay lets you split any expense by percentage or amount at the moment you log it — and every report downstream respects the split.

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New transaction form with cost split across three projects at 50/30/20
Why this is hard today
01QuickBooks and FreshBooks make you pick one project per expense. Shared costs end up on whichever project you were thinking about.
02Spreadsheet formulas drift. The one month you forget to update the allocation, two projects swap places on your 'best earner' list.
03Accountants want the allocation documented. A hand-waved 'about a third each' doesn't survive a tax question.
How you do it in Hustlay
01

Log the bill once

Enter the full amount on the project that pays the card. Then switch on Split and add the other projects.

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New transaction form with cost split across three projects at 50/30/20
02

Set the shares — % or fixed

Type percentages (50 / 30 / 20) or fixed amounts. Hustlay auto-balances the remainder and saves the allocation as a template you can reuse next month.

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Split rows with percentages and auto-balanced remainder
03

Every project carries only its share

Dashboard, project cards, exports and budgets all use the allocated amount. Filter the dashboard by project and the shared bill shows up at exactly its share.

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Project cards after a split: each shows only its allocated share of the shared bill
Worked example

Without split vs. with split

A $92 monthly server runs the SaaS, the directory site and a client staging environment. Shares: 50 / 30 / 20.

SaaS — reported profit, bill dumped on it$724
SaaS — real profit, 50% share ($46)$2,778
Directory — reported profit (free ride)$1,180
Directory — real profit, 30% share ($27.60)$1,020
Clients — real profit, 20% share ($18.40)$202

The SaaS was never the weak one — it was carrying the whole server. Three rows of allocation fixed a decision that would have cost months.

Features this uses
Questions
Can I split income too?

Yes. A sponsorship that covers two channels, or a retainer that funds two client projects, splits the same way.

Does the split show in exports?

Yes — CSV, Excel and PDF exports include a row per allocation with the parent transaction reference, which is what an accountant wants to see.

Which plan has splitting?

Pro and Max. It's the feature most people upgrade for.

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