diff --git a/app/Models/Item/AllocatedExpense.php b/app/Models/Item/AllocatedExpense.php
index b6f3be85..049a80d1 100644
--- a/app/Models/Item/AllocatedExpense.php
+++ b/app/Models/Item/AllocatedExpense.php
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ public function paginatedCollection(
 
             $category_join = true;
 
+            $select_fields[] = 'item_category.id AS item_category_id';
             $select_fields[] = 'category.id AS category_id';
             $select_fields[] = 'category.name AS category_name';
             $select_fields[] = 'category.description AS category_description';
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ public function paginatedCollection(
 
                 $subcategory_join = true;
 
+                $select_fields[] = 'item_sub_category.id AS item_subcategory_id';
                 $select_fields[] = 'sub_category.id AS subcategory_id';
                 $select_fields[] = 'sub_category.name AS subcategory_name';
                 $select_fields[] = 'sub_category.description AS subcategory_description';
diff --git a/app/Models/Item/SimpleExpense.php b/app/Models/Item/SimpleExpense.php
index acba4acc..699bd7bd 100644
--- a/app/Models/Item/SimpleExpense.php
+++ b/app/Models/Item/SimpleExpense.php
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ public function paginatedCollection(
 
             $category_join = true;
 
+            $select_fields[] = 'item_category.id AS item_category_id';
             $select_fields[] = 'category.id AS category_id';
             $select_fields[] = 'category.name AS category_name';
             $select_fields[] = 'category.description AS category_description';
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ public function paginatedCollection(
 
                 $subcategory_join = true;
 
+                $select_fields[] = 'item_sub_category.id AS item_subcategory_id';
                 $select_fields[] = 'sub_category.id AS subcategory_id';
                 $select_fields[] = 'sub_category.name AS subcategory_name';
                 $select_fields[] = 'sub_category.description AS subcategory_description';