> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Income

> Income is money your studio earns outside billing, like a gig or church service.

![The Income tab: a Sunday service, the Smith wedding, adjudicating, and accompanying, each with a green Income badge, its category, and a plus amount.](https://mintcdn.com/harnesscalendar/7THNvM_564A0my42/images/income/income-tab-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=7THNvM_564A0my42\&q=85\&s=b01d1277227bd4464f5e6d8920a1d6c5)

Income sits with your other [transactions](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/transactions.md), on its own tab. It never pays anything off or changes what a family owes, but it counts toward your totals and your [Profit & Loss report](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/reports.md#profit-and-loss) like any other money you earn.

## Log income

Log income when you're paid for work outside your lessons, like playing a wedding or judging a festival.

**1. Open New income**

Go to **Finances → Transactions** and choose **Add Transaction → Income**, or [press `i`](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/keyboard-shortcuts) anywhere in Harness.

**2. Say what you were paid for**

Enter the amount and what it was for, like "Sunday service". Pick a **Category**, or leave it for later. Then set the date and how you were paid.

**3. Name who paid**

Choose an account in **From**, or leave it with no payer (see [Who paid you](#who-paid-you)).

**4. Add it**

Click **Add**.

Logging several at once? Turn on **Add more** to keep the form open.

## Who paid you

**From** records who paid you, like a church or a regular client, or no one for a one-off gig. Pick one of your accounts, or choose **Create account** to make one on the spot. Like any [account](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/accounts.md#create-an-account), it needs a Bill-to with an email. Income that names an account shows on that account's **Transactions** tab and groups under it in your reports, but it never changes the account's balance.

## How income counts

Income counts with the rest of your revenue. In the [Transactions summary](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/transactions.md#the-summary), it adds to what you billed and collected, so your profit goes up too. On the Profit & Loss, it lands on its [category's](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/categories.md) line on the date you gave it, so a church fee filed under Performances sits with your other performance money. It also shows in [transaction reports](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/reports.md#transaction-report).

## Change or delete income

Click an income row to open it and fix anything that's off. Each field saves as you change it. **Delete transaction** in the row's **⋯** menu removes it for good. Like an expense, income has no void, so editing or deleting is how you fix it.

## FAQ

> **I logged income from a family's account. Why didn't their balance go down?**
>
> Income never pays anything off, so the balance stays put. Money a family pays for lessons or fees is a [payment](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/payments.md#record-a-payment).

> **I recorded a payment as income by mistake. How do I fix it?**
>
> [Delete the income](#change-or-delete-income) and [record the payment](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/payments.md#record-a-payment). There's no way to switch one into the other.

> **Why is my Gross Revenue higher than what I billed?**
>
> **Gross Revenue** adds the income you log to what you billed families. See [How income counts](#how-income-counts).

> **Why can't I change the amount or delete this income?**
>
> The account that paid it is closed. [Reopen the account](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/accounts.md#close-reopen-or-delete) first.

> **Should I log a gig as income or as a paid event?**
>
> Either one works. Pick one for each gig, never both: a gig logged as income and also as a [paid event](https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/charges.md#where-charges-come-from) counts twice in your totals.


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