Tattoo studio finances: the reports you can export

The books you can pull from the app are a set of report views and a CSV. On November 8, 2026 this post read the reports help and the public reports page. It did not open accounting software, so it does not describe those screens, and it does not say an import button is missing there.

The seven views

Reports lists sales, taxes, deposits, trends, commissions, tips, and payouts. You can filter by date, team member, payment method, service, and product. On the web, Export downloads a CSV of the rows in that filter, and the file includes a payment method column. Card and card-reader payments both show as Stripe.

A deposit row is a deposit taken in the period you picked. When that deposit is used at checkout, the sale shows Deposit applied as a negative amount, and Collected is what you took that day. That is the report’s breakdown. This post does not tell you whether your accountant should call the deposit a liability.

Each commission line keeps the checkout rate that was saved when the sale was taken. A later change to the artist’s rate leaves that old total alone. Payouts adds tips plus a salary figure when you stored one. The public reports page says this is financial tracking: it does not withhold taxes, issue paychecks, or generate W-2s or 1099s.

The reports help, in the Commissions “Use to” list, includes the sentences “Calculate payroll” and “Export for payroll processing.” Those are uses of the numbers. Its git blob in this repo is 6567b72f8d70c379d6d999214c4822a2f8469129. Line numbers for those sentences move depending on the view, so this post does not treat one line number as the position in every copy.

The CSV is a file you download. It does not connect to QuickBooks or any other ledger. The Payouts view does not send the money. Deleting a transaction removes it from Reports and from the client profile. It does not refund a card. Card refunds are done in Stripe.

Rate setup for cash, card, and sliding scales is on artist commissions.

What this is not

A profit-and-loss statement, a cash-flow statement, and a balance sheet are accounting documents. The help article names the seven views above. It does not name those three statements. If your accountant wants them, the CSV is the export from this app, and the rest is their work. This post did not open their software.

Plan prices, if you need them beside the reports, are on pricing. Solo prints at $29 a month or $239 a year for one person who counts. Crew prints at $69 a month or $579 a year for up to five. Those dollar figures sit on that page. This read did not find a separate tax line next to them.

FAQs

Which reports are in the app?

Sales, taxes, deposits, trends, commissions, tips, and payouts. The web CSV of the filtered rows includes payment method.

Does the download sync to bookkeeping software?

It is a CSV you download. This post did not open QuickBooks or any other ledger on November 8, 2026, and the help article does not describe a connection.

Does Payouts pay the artist?

Payouts adds commissions, tips, and a salary figure you stored. The reports page says the product does not issue paychecks. Nothing in that view transfers the money.

Where do the payroll words come from?

The reports help lists “Calculate payroll” and “Export for payroll processing” as uses of the commission numbers. On the public reports page there is no withholding, no paycheck, and no W-2 or 1099. The blob for that help file in this repo is 6567b72f8d70c379d6d999214c4822a2f8469129.

Does deleting a sale refund the card?

No. Refund the card in Stripe. Deleting the transaction takes it off Reports and off the client profile. The signed form stays.

Is a deposit the same as revenue in this report?

Deposits taken during the period you selected show on the Deposits view. A completed sale that spent one lists Deposit applied beside Collected. Accountant classification of that cash sits outside this report.