In Sage Expenses, set up new expense categories that your users will assign to their expenses. These include various types of costs, such as office supplies, utilities, and travel expenses.  Each category represents a specific type of expense your business incurs. They'll link to your nominal codes to reflect your costings accurately in your accounts.

Define your expense categories

This is an important step, as it links your expense data to your nominal structure. The expense categories are what your expense users will see. They also offer you an opportunity to create another level of detail for analysis and reporting.

Within the default Sage 50 Accounts data, you have the following default expense nominal codes. 

Divide the categories

Alternatively, for more analysis, divide your expense categories or nominal codes further.

For example:

Using this example, you could have two expense categories and link to a single nominal.

VAT Receipts

You could also set it up to support your users with understanding if they have a VAT receipt, as follows: 

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