> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.flowerbuddy.co/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.flowerbuddy.co/reference/event-page/taxes-discounts-fees/understand-fees-and-event-totals.md).

# Understand fees and event totals

The fees shown on **Taxes, Discounts, & Fees** do not all represent the same kind of money. Application fees are added to eligible client payments. FlowerBuddy and payment-processing fees are costs incurred by the florist. Keeping that distinction clear makes the event Price and Est. Profit easier to interpret.

The Taxes, Discounts, & Fees tab places tax rows, discount rows, and Overhead Costs in separate sections so their effects can be reviewed together.

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://2616748322-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUtdSEPutB4SrRwwUMOIx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-480797b3a6f9be071eb9739f00390e72ce902b20%2F03-populated-taxes-discounts-fees.jpg?alt=media" alt="FlowerBuddy Taxes, Discounts, &#x26; Fees tab showing a Colorado Sales Tax row, an Early Booking Discount row, and an Overhead Costs card with its pricing-formula status." width="550"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

## Review Application Fees

The **Application Fees** section appears when application fees are enabled for the event's electronic payments.

An application-fee row appears after a client completes an electronic payment that includes the fee. The row reflects the fee charged for that payment and is included in the event Price. Refund activity can reduce the recorded fee.

Application-fee rows are not edited on this tab. Payment settings determine how an application fee is offered and calculated, while the completed payment determines the row shown here.

When the section is empty, no completed electronic payment has created an application-fee row yet. A scheduled payment alone is not proof that an application fee was collected.

## Review FlowerBuddy and payment-processing costs

The **Overhead Costs** section can show:

* A FlowerBuddy fee that applies to the event under the workspace's plan and event conditions.
* An estimated payment-processing cost when supported electronic payments are enabled.

These amounts contribute to event Cost and Est. Profit. They are not manual charges to the client and are not application fees.

Each card also indicates whether the event's pricing formula accounts for that cost. When a fee is included in the pricing formula, FlowerBuddy can include it in suggested recipe and other-cost prices. When it is not included, the cost can still reduce estimated profit.

Availability and amounts depend on the workspace plan, payment processor, event state, and pricing settings. Use the values shown for the current event instead of assuming one standard rate.

## Read the Event Page summary

The summary at the top of the Event Page provides three related views:

* **Cost** is the total of known flower, waste, hard-good, direct-labor, other-cost, overhead, fee, and tax costs.
* **Price** is the client total built from the pre-tax subtotal, discounts, tax, and application fees.
* **Est. Profit** compares the event Price with its Cost. The workspace can display it as an amount or percentage.

Open each summary value's detail to inspect its breakdown. This is useful when a total changes after adding a discount, changing a tax, completing a payment with an application fee, or updating an event cost.

Cost and Est. Profit are hidden from members who are not allowed to view cost and profit information. They are also hidden in Client View.

## Improve the estimate

Est. Profit is only as complete as the information entered. Review:

* Flower and hard-good planning costs.
* Recipe quantities and direct labor.
* Other costs and their calculation bases.
* Indirect labor, owner labor, facilities, and other overhead.
* Applicable FlowerBuddy and payment-processing costs.
* Taxes, discounts, and application fees.

When business overhead is tracked accurately, the estimate can move from gross profit toward net profit. It is still an event-planning estimate, not a replacement for accounting records.