The list of Report Type Codes contains the following information:
| Category Code |
Explanation |
|---|---|
| 001 | Administrative/Salary/Overhead Expenses (e.g. rent, staff salaries, postage, office supplies, equipment, furniture, ballot access fees, petition drives, party fees and legal and accounting expenses |
| 002 | Travel Expenses – including travel reimbursement expenses (e.g., costs of commercial carrier tickets; reimbursements for use of private vehicles, advance payments for use of corporate aircraft; lodging and meal expenses incurred during travel) |
| 003 | Solicitation and Fundraising Expenses (e.g., costs for direct mail solicitations and fundraising events including printing, mailing lists, consultant fees, call lists, invitations, catering costs and room rental) |
| 004 | Advertising Expenses – including general public political advertising (e.g., purchases of radio/television broadcast/cable time, print advertisements and related production costs) |
| 005 | Polling Expenses |
| 006 | Campaign Materials (e.g., buttons, bumper stickers, brochures, mass mailings, pens, posters and balloons) |
| 007 | Campaign Event Expenses (e.g., costs associated with candidate appearances, campaign rallies, town meetings, phone banks, including catering costs, door-to-door get-out-the-vote efforts and driving voters to the polls) |
| 008 | Transfers (e.g., to other authorized committees of the same candidate) |
| 009 | Loan Repayments (e.g., repayments of loans made or guaranteed by the candidate or any other person) |
| 010 | Refunds of Contributions (e.g., contribution refunds to individuals/persons, political party committees or other political committees) |
| 011 | Political Contributions (e.g., contributions to other federal candidates and committees, donations to non-federal candidates and committees) |
| 012 | Donations (e.g., donations to charitable or civic organizations) |
