<title>Learn how Money calculates home-related expenses</title>
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<klink type="cncpt">Tell me how Money calculates home-related expenses</klink>
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<p>Under Home Expenses in the House view of the Home page, Money includes items from the Accounts & Bills area that have home-related categories, such as home and rental insurance, household expenses, mortgage interest, and rent payments. Money does not count the <glossary>principal</glossary> portion of a mortgage payment as an expense because the principal is actually a contribution to an asset account.</p>