For example, the Sales department of a car dealership could use categories to help them track the profitability of the car models they sell: say, model A, model B, and model C.
When entering a transaction, you need to allocate the appropriate category to it. You can then prepare a profit and loss statement for each category.
You cannot allocate a category to:
Pay Bills,
Receive Payments,
Prepare Bank Deposit,
Prepare Electronic Payments, Settle Returns and Credits/Debits, and
Pay/Receive Refunds. When entering these transactions, the categories assigned to the original transactions will be used when the new transaction is recorded. For example, the categories assigned to purchases showing in the
Pay Bills window will also be assigned to the bill payment.
If you choose to turn off category tracking, any categories you have created and their transaction history will be deleted from your company file. You should make a backup of your company file before you take this step so that you can access this information if required.
