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# Adding expenses

# Adding your housing, transportation, financial obligations and miscellaneous expenses in AdviceCafé

Expenses can be either **committed** or **spendable**, which is a better way to understand your personal financial situation and stay on track.  
  
## Committed expenses

Your **committed expenses** are predictable expenses that benefit from automation. Committed expenses are divided into three main categories: **Housing** 🏡, **Transportation** 🚗, and **Financial Obligations** 🧾.

*   **Housing** 🏡 - committed expenses related to housing such as condo fees, rent, insurance, etc.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/c/6/d/3c6de4ea4440ca00/ac-app-housing-expenses-screen_8quo46.png)

*   **Transportation** 🚗 - committed expenses related to transportation such as gas, parking, maintenance, etc.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/c/6/d/3c6de4ea4440ca00/ac-app-transportation-expenses_3offx6.png)

*   **Financial Obligations** 🧾 - all other committed expenses such as insurance, savings contributions, childcare, etc. 

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/c/6/d/3c6de4ea4440ca00/ac-app-financial-obligaions-sc_10dhjl8.png)

|| **Note:** If you tithe regularly, a monthly expense item should be created in the **Financial Obligations** 🧾 section. 

## Spendable expenses

**Spendable expenses** are found in the **Miscellaneous** 🛒 section, and tend to be difficult to calculate and can vary significantly:

*   **Miscellaneous** 🛒 - spendable expenses such as groceries, travel, hobbies, etc. We recommend selecting the ones that apply to you and estimate the amount you spend on these items within a month.  
      
**AdviceCafé** will recommend your ideal **spendable**, so you know how much is safe to spend on the expense items in the **Miscellaneous** section. 

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/c/6/d/3c6de4ea4440ca00/ac-app-miscellaneous-screen_4h14pa.png)

| **Tip:** Click the ➕ icon to add a custom expense item to any list.

| **Tip:** For the expenses that don't apply to you, you can skip them. 

| **Tip:** If you ever need to update or change something after you submitted your financial information, select the item to edit and update it.