The question that haunts a profitable operator: I made money on paper, so why is the account always tight? The Cash Bridge is the answer. Profit is not cash. Pick a period and the bridge takes your profit for that stretch and shows every place the money went instead of into the bank.

1. Read where profit went

Open Cash Recovery → Cash Bridge and pick a period with the chips. Four things eat profit without showing up as a cost: money goes into more inventory when you buy more than you use, owner draws come straight out of cash, loan principal is a payment not an expense, and capital buys are paid in cash but written off slowly. Add the tax you remit and you have the whole gap.

2. Know where the outflows come from

You log the draws, loan payments, capital buys, and tax remittances in Books under Cash Outflows, and this page reads them back. Recurring ones carry forward every month until you stop them. Operating bills like rent and utilities are not outflows here; those live in Operating Expenses.

3. Read the cash you kept

Profit, minus what went into inventory, draws, loans, capital, and tax, is the cash that actually stayed. When that number is far below your profit, this screen tells you exactly which line to work on.