# Product \> categories
**URL:** https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930
**Category:** User
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930 "2020-06-25T20:21:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@herrdeh](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/herrdeh)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930/1 "2020-06-25T20:21:47Z")
Hello,
could somebody be so kind and share a sensible structure of product categories?
My guess is that the top level category should be full/reduced/free VAT - and as children we need the different expenses and revenue accouts. Does that make sense?
Cheers,
Wolf
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### Author:  [@csotelo](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/csotelo)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930/2 "2020-06-26T01:06:08Z")
Could you explain more about what are you looking for?
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### Author:  [@herrdeh](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/herrdeh)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930/3 "2020-06-26T03:49:49Z")
Thanks for your attention.
I’m trying to understand the concept… So a screenshot of a setup could be helpful - or an explanation, how this categories thing works in general.
Hope I’m clear enough…
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### Author:  [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930/4 "2020-06-26T06:57:49Z")
Product categories do not have any special way to work.
It is just a way to organize/group products.
There is only the accounting categories for which the structure may be important if you use the “Use Parent’s accounts” flag. But you can simply use a flat structure.
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### Author:  [@dave](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/dave)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930/5 "2020-06-26T11:42:11Z")
It’s quite hard to give a good example of some product categories because it is very dependent on what your products are, and how you want to group and manage them. The _Accounting_ categories (ones with the _Accounting_ checkbox set) help you manage the taxes and accounts for the products. The non _Accounting_ categories can just help you organise the products.
> [@herrdeh](#):
>
> My guess is that the top level category should be full/reduced/free VAT - and as children we need the different expenses and revenue accouts. Does that make sense?
That does make sense, and would be a perfectly valid way of doing it.
Something you may want to consider is grouping your products based on their properties, instead of their tax status. If you were a shop you might want (as _Accounting_ categories:
```
Shoes
Clothes
Shirts
Full VAT
Reduced VAT
Jumpers
Accessories
```
Then you could set appropriate taxes and accounts for each of these. This would then allow you to get a list of all the Clothes, or just Jumpers. And with the shirts would allow you to have the right taxes, and still list just the Shirts.
You could then add additional (non _Accounting_) categories to group products together
```
Range
Spring Summer 2020
Autumn Winter 2020
```
Then it would be easy to get a list of all the _Spring Summer 2020_ products, including _Shoes_, _Jumpers_, _Shirts_ etc.
Like I said, it all depends on how you want to manage and group your products.
Hopefully this has given you some ideas.
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### Author:  [@herrdeh](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/herrdeh)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930/6 "2020-07-07T11:32:04Z")
Sorry for feedbacking so late… Thanks @dave for giving a wide picture, I think I know what to do now.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/product-categories/2930/7 "2020-08-06T11:32:04Z")
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