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description: Details of the different Expense filters and Expense Types
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# Overview
Expense types help categorize different expenses for better financial management. While reimbursable and non-reimbursable expenses are common, Expensify offers various other options to suit your needs. Let's explore the available expense types.
## Organize a Report by Expense Type
Organizing a report by expense type can make it easier to review expenses on a report.

# How To
## Filtering a Report by Expense Type
Organizing a report by expense type can make it easier to review expenses on a report.
- Open the report you're interested in.
- Click the **Details** icon in the upper right corner of the report,
- Change the “View” to **Detailed** and “Split by” **Reimbursable** or **Billable**.
- You’ll also see the option to **Group by Category** or **Tags**.
1. Open the desired report.
2. Click Details in the upper right corner of the report.
3. Click the View dropdown and select Detailed.
4. Click the Split by dropdown and select Reimbursable or Billable.

To group the expenses by category or tag, you can also click the Group by dropdown and select Category or Tags.

# Deep Dive
Each report will show the total amount for all expenses in the upper right. Under that total, there will be a breakdown of amounts that are reimbursable, billable, and non-reimbursable (depending on which of those expense types exist on the report).
## Identify Expense Types
The right side of every report provides the total for all the expenses. Under the total, there is a breakdown of reimbursable, billable, and non-reimbursable amounts (depending on the expense types that exist on the report).

## Expense Types
- **Reimbursable Expenses:** Employees pay for these expenses out of their pockets on behalf of the business and are usually reimbursed. They often come from cash, debit cards, or personal credit card purchases.
- **Non-reimbursable Expenses:** The business directly covers these expenses, so there's no need to reimburse the employee. Typically, these expenses are company card expenses.
- **Billable Expenses:** Business or employee expenses must be billed to a specific client or vendor. Choose this option if you need to track expenses for invoicing to customers, clients, or other departments.
- **Per Diem Expenses:** These expenses involve a daily or partial daily rate you can configure in your expense Workspace.
- **Time Expenses:** Employees or jobs are billed based on an hourly rate that you can set within Expensify.
- **Distance Expenses:** These expenses are related to travel for work.
- Reimbursable expenses: Expenses paid to the employee, including:
- Cash & personal card: Expenses paid for by the employee on behalf of the business.
- Per diem: Expenses for a daily or partial daily rate [configured in your Workspace](https://help.expensify.com/articles/expensify-classic/workspaces/Enable-per-diem-expenses).
- Time: An hourly rate for your employees or jobs as [set for your workspace](https://help.expensify.com/articles/expensify-classic/workspaces/Set-time-and-distance-rates). This expense type is usually used by contractors or small businesses billing the customer via [Expensify Invoicing](https://help.expensify.com/articles/expensify-classic/workspaces/Set-Up-Invoicing).
- Distance: Expenses related to business travel.
- Non-reimbursable expenses: Expenses directly covered by the business, typically on company cards.
- Billable expenses: Business or employee expenses that must be billed to a specific client or vendor. This option is for tracking expenses for invoicing to customers, clients, or other departments. Any kind of expense can be billable, in _addition_ to being either reimbursable or non-reimbursable.

![Image of a report showing multiple expense totals]({{site.url}}/assets/images/amounts.png){:width="100%"}

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## What’s the difference between a receipt, an expense, and a report attachment?
**What’s the difference between an expense, a receipt, and a report attachment?**

- **Expense:** Created when you SmartScan or manually upload a receipt from a purchase.
- **Receipt:** Automatically attached to the expense during the SmartScan process.
- **Report Attachments:** Additional documents that need to be submitted to your approver (e.g., supplemental documents to the purchase) can be added to a report anytime by clicking the paperclip icon in the Reports Comments.
- **Receipt:** A picture file that is automatically attached to the expense during the SmartScan process.
- **Report Attachments:** Additional documents that need to be submitted to your approver (e.g., supplemental documents to the purchase) can be added to a report any time by clicking the paperclip icon in the comments at the bottom of the report.

**How are credits or refunds displayed in Expensify?**

## How are credits or refunds displayed in Expensify?
In Expensify, a credit is displayed as an expense with a minus (ex. -$1.00) in front of it. That’s because Expensify defaults all expenses as something that needs to be paid by the company. So a credit that is returned to the company is displayed as a negative expense.
In Expensify, a credit is displayed as an expense with a minus in front of it (e.g., -$1.00). Expensify defaults all expenses as something that needs to be paid by the company. So a credit that is returned to the company is displayed as a negative expense.

If a report includes a credit or a refund expense, it will offset the total amount on the report.
For example, the report has two reimbursable expenses, $400 and $500. The total Reimbursable is $900.
Conversely, a -$400 and $500 will be a total Reimbursable amount of $500
If a report includes a credit or a refund expense, it will offset the total amount on the report. For example, if the report has two reimbursable expenses, one for $400 and one for $500, then the total reimbursable amount is $900. Conversely, an expense for -$400 and one for $500 will be a total reimbursable amount of $500.

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