Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Introducing Custom Categories for Receipt Line Items

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At Receipt AI, our goal has always been simple: make expense organization effortless.

Receipt AI already categorizes receipts and line items automatically using AI and your chart of accounts. But we know that not every team works with accounting software or predefined account structures.

That’s why we’re introducing Custom Categories.


Your categories. Your way.

With Custom Categories, you can create your own categories and let AI organize line items into them automatically.

Instead of relying on a chart of accounts, you can now structure expenses in a way that fits your workflow.

For example, you might create categories like Job Supplies, Client Meals, Equipment, Office Expenses, or Travel.

Once your categories are created, Receipt AI automatically sorts line items into them—saving you time while keeping everything organized.

Receipt AI custom categories automatically organizing receipt line items into the 'Job Supplies' category with AI-powered expense categorization

Built for teams without accounting software

Not every team uses accounting software—and that shouldn’t make expense organization harder.

Custom Categories are perfect for teams that track expenses without a formal chart of accounts, need simple and flexible expense categories, and want automation without accounting complexity.


How it works

Create your own categories, upload receipts as usual, and Receipt AI will automatically categorize line items into them.

For example, line items from a receipt can be automatically organized under a category like “Job Supplies.” The result is a clean, structured view of your expenses—organized exactly the way your team works.

Receipt line items from Harbour Freight automatically categorized into Job Supplies using Receipt AI Custom Categories.

Receipt line items from Harbor Freight automatically categorized into Job Supplies.


Available on Business Basic+ plans

Custom Categories are available for customers on Business Basic+ plans. If you already have access, you can start creating categories right away.


Start organizing your way

Custom Categories give you more control over how expenses are organized—while AI still does the heavy lifting.

Custom categories. Automatically organized. 🏷

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