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Cost centers and Profit centers


Version
1.1 – March 2025
Author: Ishi
Audience: Welcome Center and financial controller.
Last modified: 18th of March 2025

Abstract: The following is a list of cost and profit centers for Atisha, Samma Karuna and Yoga Trade companies. It serves as a guideline to properly understand how to manage payments and expenses.

Cost Centers (Expense-Generating Areas)

  1. Teachers/Facilitators classes
    • Teachers paid per class for A&H program (Welcome Center cashbox)
    • Teachers paid per class for TTCs (TTCs wallet)
  2. Workshops expenses & special events (ATISHA)
    • Payments to facilitators to run workshops (Workshops cashbox)
    • Commission to Events Manager for workshops (Workshops cashbox)
    • Parties (SK birthday and Christmas) (office cashbox)
  3. Operations, taxes & Administration
    • Staff salaries, including welcome wenter staff sales commissions, advance of salaries (office cashbox)
      • Do not include massage shop salaries
    • Monthly Teachers’ salaries to AH by ATISHA ( office cashbox)
    • Software & subscriptions (Zoho, paid plugins for website, booking platforms) YOGA TRADE
    • Restaurant sales commissions (ATISHA)
    • Legal & accounting services (office cashbox)
    • Permits & licenses (office cashbox)
    • Social security (office cashbox)
    • Monthly VAT (office cashbox)
    • Annual revenue TAX (office cashbox)
    • Credit card commissions (direct debit from the bank)
  4. Marketing & Promotion (YOGA TRADE)
    • Social media ads (meta)
    • Adwords (Google Ads)
    • Website hosting & SEO
    • Digital Agency expenses
  5. Resort Maintenance, contractors, & furniture
    • Materials for maintenance (1. online purchase, 2 maintenance wallet)
    • Tools and equipment for maintenance (1. online purchase, 2 maintenance wallet)
    • New furniture (1. online purchase, 2 office cashbox)
    • New IT equipment (1. online purchase, 2 office cashbox)
    • Appliances for bungalows (aircon & water heater) (1. online purchase, 2 office cashbox)
    • Maintenance or construction cost by contractors (office cashbox)
      • A minimum of 2 quotations is required for approval.
  6. Office, class supplies and housekeeping products
    • Office supplies (Ink, pens, copy paper..etc) (1. online, 2 welcome Center cashbox)
    • Printing shop expenses (manuals, flyers & brochures) (1. Welcome Center cashbox)
    • Cleaning supplies and tools for housekeeping (1. Makro online, 2. House Keeping wallet)
    • Water bottles for bungalows (1. House Keeping wallet)
    • Supplies for classes (candles, tissue paper, incense, flowers for altars & mosquito repellent/coils) (1. Online, 2 Welcome Center)
  7. Utilities (electric, water & Internet)
    • Electric from Samma Karna area only (not from the massage shop area) (1. Direct debit from the bank, 2. Office cashbox)
    • Water from Samma Karuna area only (not from the massage shop area) (1. Direct debit from the bank, 2. Office cashbox)
    • Electric and Water from the left side of the resort ATISHA (1. Direct debit from the bank, 2. Office cashbox)
    • Internet TOT and 3BB (1. Direct debit from the bank, 2. Office cashbox)
  8. Transportation and vehicle maintenance
    • Pick-up service for guests (Welcome Center cashbox)
    • Petrol for staff (maintenance wallet)
    • Petrol for volunteers [with previous approval] (maintenance wallet)
    • Vehicles maintenance (oil, repairs..etc) (maintenance wallet)
  9. Resort Rent & External Rentals
    • External accommodation costs for students (office cashbox)
    • Rental of accommodation per month to Samma Karuna (YOGA TRADE)
    • Annual Land Rent (Ishi)
  10. Food
    • Restaurant food (restaurant cashbox) ATISHA
    • External catering for TTCs (TTCs wallet)
    • Kitchenware (1. online, 2. restaurant cashbox)
  11. Practice Tools & Props
    • Mats, blocks, straps, cushions (online)

12. Laundry service for customers (laundry cashbox)

13. Massage Shop supplies and salaries (ATISHA)
– Salaries for masseuses (massage shop wallet)
– Massage shop supplies (massage shop wallet)


Profit Centers (Revenue-Generating Areas)

  1. Awakening & Healing (day, week, monthly pass & life membership)
    • All day, week, and monthly passes to A&H (Welcome Center cashbox)
    • Drop-in to Samma Karuna (Welcome Center cashbox)
    • Drop-in to external teachers (Vibha, Web) (drop-ins wallets)
      • There ehould be a separate wallet, a separate receipts bock and an income-outcome sheet to handle drop-in events for a teachers (Vibha & Web). No money should come in or out of the WC cashbox or registered in the POS
  2. Workshops Profit (ATISHA) (Workshops cashbox)
    • Payments for workshops
    • Parties (Christmas) (office cashbox)
  3. Retreats and TTCs of 14 days or more (YOGA TRADE) (Office cashbox)
    • Yoga, Breathwork, and Tantra TTCs and Intensive courses
  4. Bungalows & halls rental
    • Rental of accommodation to Yoga Trade Singapore (wholesale, monthly)
      • Welcome Center can no longer book accommodation for guests. All bookings must be done online.
    • Rental of accommodation in Samma Karuna (YOGA TRADE)
    • Rental of halls to Yoga Trade Singapore
    • Rental of halls to external teachers (upon authorization by the events manager) (Welcome Center cashbox)
  5. Teaching services billed to Yoga Trade (ATISHA)
  6. Restaurant (ATISHA)
  7. Yoga Shop (PAID INDIVIDUALLY) (Yoga Shop cashbox)
    • Books & manuals (e.g., 112 Tips for Awakening & Healing)
    • All articles at the yoga shop.
      • There should be a separate cashbox for the yoga shop and a separate block of standard printed receipts, and items should be paid to the owner the product as they are sold, keeping a 20% commission fee for us.
  8. Private Sessions & Coaching (ATISHA)
    • All one-to-one private sessions (breathwork, yoga, Tantra or reiki sessions) (private sessions wallet)
      • Payment should be issued to the teacher, retaining a 20% commission fee.
  9. Laundry service for customers (laundry wallet)
  10. Massage Shop (ATISHA)
    • Income from sales after commission (massage shop wallet)

Wallets and cashboxes [daily allowance & Purchase request]

  • Welcome Center cashbox (the big one under the counter) [4000 daily]
  • Yoga Shop cashbox [cash float 0]
  • Workshops cashbox (metal box) [cash float 0]
  • Restaurant cashbox (the one at the restaurant) [cash float 2000 or purchase request]
  • Office cashbox (the safe in the office) [35000, top-up at 15000]
  • Private sessions wallet [cash float 0]
  • Massage shop wallet [cash float 0]
  • Laundry wallet [cash float 1000]
  • Drop-ins wallet (one for every teacher) [cash float 0]
  • Maintenance wallet [cash float 3000 or purchase request]
  • Housekeeping wallet [cash float 1000 or purchase request]
  • TTCs wallet [single top-up per retreat]
  • Online (virtual wallet) [cash float 30000, top-up at 12000]
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