# Transaction categories for w-2 income **URL:** \ **Category:** Setup & Support\ **Created:** [August 29, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/transaction-categories-for-w-2-income/3561 "2021-08-29T11:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@joel](https://community.stessa.com/u/joel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/transaction-categories-for-w-2-income/3561/1 "2021-08-29T11:03:55Z")
I am new to Stessa and synched my bank accounts in. I get all the property related categories. But what about non-property related categories like w-2 income? I saw the following in the help section but it might as well have been Greek to me. No offense to the Greek. I loved 300! Named my company after it. I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS: Use the list below for quick reference or cut and paste the top-level or the sub-category (but not both) into an optional “Category” column in your [CSV data file](https://support.stessa.com/en/articles/2410934-upload-transactions-data-qif-csv) before importing. When you upload a CSV file with the categories already populated, Stessa will automatically categorize the transactions for you. ---
**Author:** ![devin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.stessa.com/devin/32/8_2.png) [@devin](https://community.stessa.com/u/devin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/transaction-categories-for-w-2-income/3561/2 "2021-09-01T21:29:31Z")
@joel1 Stessa is purpose-built for rental property owners and does not currently support general purpose accounting categories for active forms of income like W-2 earnings, etc. The instructions for uploading CSV files include an option to designate Stessa supported categories for uploaded transactions via a separate column in your data file. This is not related to adding or creating new categories. Hope that helps!