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Transaction categories for budgets and reports

Categories determine where transactions appear in budgets, reports, tax rules, and automations. Create a separate category only when those transactions need their own limit, calculation, or rule.

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Category detail level

Keep similar transactions together. Create another category when some transactions need a separate budget, tax rule, report, or automation.

Category groups and selectable categories

Groups only organize the category list. Transactions use the final selectable categories. A category name should state the kind of income or expense it contains.

Uncategorized transactions

The data-quality report lists uncategorized transactions and repeated descriptions. If the same kind of transaction appears regularly, you can create a category and an automatic classification rule.

Category merging

Merging moves transactions and rules from one category into another. Before saving, check budgets and automations that use the category being removed.