An Expense Category is a classification assigned to each expense entry in Zoho Expense that identifies the nature of the spending. Standard categories include Travel, Accommodation, Meals and Entertainment, Office Supplies, Communication, and Training. Categories are configured by the administrator and determine which expense policy limits apply, which GL account the expense maps to in accounting, and how expenses appear in category-level reports.<\/p>\n
Each category in Zoho Expense can have specific rules: a per-day limit for Meals, a maximum amount per transaction for Hotels, a requirement that receipts be attached for any amount over a threshold, or a restriction to specific merchant types. These category-level rules are enforced automatically when an employee logs an expense in that category, preventing out-of-policy spending from making it through to the approval stage without being flagged.<\/p>\n
Beyond the standard categories, administrators can create custom categories for industry-specific expense types. A manufacturing company might add a Tools and Equipment category; a consulting firm might add Client Entertainment as distinct from general Meals. Custom categories can also be linked to specific billing codes for project-based expense tracking where different client projects need to be billed separately.<\/p>\n
Yes. Each Expense Category can be mapped to a specific GL (General Ledger) account code in the Zoho Expense settings. When expenses in that category are pushed to Zoho Books or an integrated accounting system, they are automatically posted to the correct account. This eliminates the accounting team’s need to manually reclassify expenses from a catch-all account after the fact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Yes. Category limits in Zoho Expense can be configured per expense policy, and different policies can be assigned to different departments, employee roles, or locations. The Sales team’s client entertainment limit might be higher than the Operations team’s, while the Engineering team might have an additional Software Subscriptions category not available to other departments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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