A system and method for generating expense data for an expense report is disclosed. The method includes receiving receipt data that includes one or more data items pertaining to a transaction, where the one or more data items are obtained from characters optically recognized in receipt image data for the transaction, and the receipt data includes data indicating whether the transaction is a credit card transaction or a cash transaction. The method further includes, if the receipt data indicates the transaction is a credit card transaction, creating expense data for the expense report, where the expense data includes the receipt data and the receipt image data associated with the receipt data for the transaction, and the receipt data includes credit card data. If the transaction indicates the transaction is a personal credit card transaction, then the credit card data is personal credit card data.