# Need subcategories for auto expenses

**URL:** <https://community.stessa.com/t/need-subcategories-for-auto-expenses/15037>\
**Category:** Wishlist\
**Created:** [September 22, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/need-subcategories-for-auto-expenses/15037 "2024-09-22T20:11:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dreamrpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dreamrpm](https://community.stessa.com/u/dreamrpm)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/need-subcategories-for-auto-expenses/15037/1 "2024-09-22T20:11:09Z")

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My CPA is asking me to provide expenses for following subcategories:  
Garage Rent  
Gas  
Insurance  
Licenses  
Oil  
Parking Fees  
Rental Fees  
Interest  
Personal Property Tax  
Repairs  
Tires  
Tolls  
Lease Add Back  
Other Expenses

Can you add those categories to the software? It’s pain to track them manually each year

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**Author:** ![tlatuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@tlatuga](https://community.stessa.com/u/tlatuga)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/need-subcategories-for-auto-expenses/15037/2 "2024-09-23T10:27:14Z")

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@dreamrpm do you have a business vehicle or is your CPA trying to determine if mileage vs actual expense is more beneficial to you? Ask why. You’re not going to get Stessa to add those categories for you. You will need to put them in the notes field or track elsewhere. Just being realistic in expectations.

Hope that helps.

-Tom

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**Author:** ![dreamrpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dreamrpm](https://community.stessa.com/u/dreamrpm)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/need-subcategories-for-auto-expenses/15037/3 "2024-09-23T17:35:01Z")

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Yes I do have a business vehicle and my CPA needs to fill in this information to get the most benefit in the tax filing. I haven’t used notes field for this. But will try to use it. But subcategories is usually very helpful as auto categorization really helps me.  
I understand this can’t be done immediately, but keeping this in mind for future releases will be really helpful.

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**Author:** ![rent.from.a.powell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@rent.from.a.powell](https://community.stessa.com/u/rent.from.a.powell)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/need-subcategories-for-auto-expenses/15037/4 "2025-04-28T16:12:58Z")

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I have a business vehicle and thus this would be very helpful. Not sure why it would be a big lift on the part of Stessa either - it’s just another category