# Expense Categories

Group: Accounting

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/lensing/v1/groups/accountingExpenseCategories)

An expense category classifies expense items and sets which general ledger accounts their journal entries use.

Each category is available in a set of legal entities and is linked to a set of general ledger accounts. Expense items refer to a category.

To stop using a category that expense items refer to, set its status to 'inactive'.

## Endpoints

- [List expense categories](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/expenseCategories.html): `GET /accounting/expense-categories`
- [Create an expense category](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/createExpenseCategory.html): `POST /accounting/expense-categories`
- [Search expense categories](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/searchExpenseCategory.html): `POST /accounting/expense-categories/search`
- [Retrieve an expense category](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/getExpenseCategory.html): `GET /accounting/expense-categories/{id}`
- [Update an expense category](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/updateExpenseCategory.html): `PATCH /accounting/expense-categories/{id}`
- [Delete an expense category](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/deleteExpenseCategory.html): `DELETE /accounting/expense-categories/{id}`