When you're reviewing and sorting your transactions, we give you a list of categories to choose from. To help you select the right one, here's a quick run-down on the available categories:

Expense Categories

• Office expenses - cost of space in your home used for your self-employed work. This may also include expenses for postage, stationery, printing, and small office equipment
• Advertising - Cost of promoting and selling your products or services
• Costs incurred on a Job (COGS) - General costs that relate to work you have performed (e.g. materials)
• Bank Fees - Bank charges related to business spending, including overdraft fees.
• Credit Note - A credit note (also known as credit memo) is issued to indicate a return of funds in the event of an invoice error, incorrect or damaged products, or a purchase cancellation.
• Consulting & Tax Accounting - Accountant, legal or other consulting fees you pay for self-employed work including tax preparation.
• Depreciation - The decrease in the value of assets (writing down) from the cost of purchase over its useful life span. Businesses depreciate long-term assets for both accounting and tax purposes.
• Entertainment - Meals and entertainment costs for clients related to your self-employed work. Or personal, non-local meals while travelling.
• Freight & Courier - Cost of delivery, freight, and postage you pay in the year of your self-employed work
• General Expenses - Correct category if none of the others is appropriate
• Insurance - Costs to cover your assets and protect you.
• Interest expenses - Interest you pay on money borrowed for self-employed work.
• Motor Vehicle Expenses - Expenses relating to your motor vehicle
• Rent - Cost of renting land and buildings used in generating your self-employed income
• Wages & Salaries - Cost to employ any additional staff
• Utilities - General utility expenses which may include electricity, gas, water/sewage and garbage disposal or other expenses required to run your business.
• Subscriptions - On-going subscriptions for services that your business requires. Sole, as an example, may be an on-going monthly subscription.
• Telephone & Internet - Cost of your telephone and internet costs
• Travel - Travel expenses you pay to earn business and professional income, including public transportation fares, hotel accommodations and meals
• Transfer of funds between accounts - Used to capture the movement of funds between two accounts.
• Credit Card payment - Principal portions of payments you make towards a credit card balance. (Principal isn't deductible; interest is.)
• Income Tax Expense - Legislative amounts where your business has been required to pay tax.
• Donations - Amounts given to other individuals or organisations as donations. 
• Contractors and Sub Contractors Costs - Costs associated with engaging contractors / subcontractors who perform services for your business.

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