Product Update - Expenses

LONDON – 19th December 2025 – August, the all-in-one rental app for small landlords, today unveiled Expenses, a major new feature under Finances designed to make tracking property and tenancy costs clearer, faster and far less manual for every type of landlord.

The new release gives landlords a smarter way to record and organise real-world expenses. From repairs and insurance to utilities, legal fees and service charges, while reducing reliance on spreadsheets and end-of-year scrambling.

Problem

Most landlords do not have “neat” expenses. Costs arrive from multiple places, at different times, and with varying paperwork. Landlords typically have to juggle:

• Expenses spread across different properties and tenancies

• Receipts and invoices living in emails, folders, photos and apps

• Categories that do not match how landlords actually think about costs

• Uncertainty over tax treatment (day-to-day vs capital expenditure)

• Regular costs that repeat monthly or annually (insurance, service charges, subscriptions)

• Manual tracking in spreadsheets that becomes inconsistent over time

These realities create a heavy administrative burden, forcing landlords into fragmented records, missing receipts and time-consuming reconciliation, often right when accuracy matters most.

Solution

Expenses in August is built to help landlords capture costs quickly, allocate them correctly, and keep everything in one place. It reflects how property costs happen in real life. You record the expense when it occurs, attach the proof immediately, and assign it to the right property and tenancy in seconds.

Key features

1. Built for real property costs

August now makes it simple to track expenses the way landlords actually run a property:

• Extensive categories and subcategories – tag costs across insurance and ground rents, maintenance, utilities, legal fees, accounting and tax, and many more.

• Simple allocation – assign an expense to a property and tenancy in seconds.

2. Clear receipt and invoice records

Less chasing paperwork later, more confidence when you need it:

• Receipt/invoices workflow – attach receipts and invoices so everything is organised and available in one place.

3. Tax clarity and recurring automation

Designed to support accurate reporting, with less repetitive admin:

• Record tax treatment – set an expense as day-to-day or capital expenditure.

• Recurring expenses – set it once for regular costs (like insurance or service charges) and let August handle the rest.

Impact for landlords

With this release, Expenses in August is designed to:

• Eliminate dependency on spreadsheets

• Cut expense admin from hours to minutes

• Keep records more accurate over time as landlords capture costs consistently, in the moment

“Expense tracking is one of the most time-consuming and error-prone parts of being a small landlord,” said Richard Samuel, CEO of August. “Receipts get lost, costs get miscategorised, and spreadsheets become a mess. We built Expenses so landlords can track costs in seconds, attach the evidence immediately, and keep everything clean and audit-ready.”