Know Your Real Profit: Expenses, Returns and Net Profit for a Small Pharmacy

Many medical stores count the cash at night and call it profit. But the cash box does not know what the medicines cost, what was refunded, or that the electricity bill is due.

Three numbers every owner should see

• Revenue — sales after discounts and refunds.
• Gross profit — revenue minus the purchase cost of the batches actually sold (FEFO).
• Net profit — gross profit minus expenses: rent, salaries, bijli, transport, tea.

Returns done properly

Enter the bill number and quantity. Good stock goes back to the same batch; damaged stock is kept off the shelf. If the bill was on udhar, the refund is taken off the customer's balance automatically.

Honest numbers

If a batch was entered without a purchase price, PharmaPilot AI shows a warning instead of inventing a profit figure. You can also say "bijli ka kharcha 1500" — it asks you to confirm before saving.

Try it with sample data in the dashboard.