The table describes the fluctuation of spendings of a used bookshop in Scotland from the beginning to the end of 2018.
Overall, the sum amount of money used in this year increased significantly after 11 months. While the cost for wages & benefits, facilities, utilities decreased, this bookshop had to spend more money for rent, professional charges, marketing, maintenance and other purposes.
The expenses for employee’s salary & benefits declined from $260 in January to nearly $230 in December. The equipment’s cost was reported to drop $10 from $53 to $43 after 11 months, meanwhile the amount of money used for utilities in December was $43, $10 less than how it was spent in January.
On the contrary, not only ranked first as the most highest expenses, the expenditure for rent also witnessed a sharp climb by almost $2000 within a year, from $3222 to $4909 in detail. Professional tuitions also doubled its amount to exceed $130 in the last month of the year. The budget for marketing rose to $355 after a year, while this counter of maintenance was $10. In addition, the bookshop spent for other purposes $599 in December, which was $100 higher than January.