diff --git a/app/Models/Expense.php b/app/Models/Expense.php
index 3fe5e1b071bc..427e235b67df 100644
--- a/app/Models/Expense.php
+++ b/app/Models/Expense.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Expense extends EntityModel
         'client_id',
         'vendor_id',
         'expense_currency_id',
+        'expense_date',
         'invoice_currency_id',
         'amount',
         'foreign_amount',
@@ -46,6 +47,29 @@ class Expense extends EntityModel
         'tax_name2',
     ];
 
+    public static function getImportColumns()
+    {
+        return [
+            'client',
+            'vendor',
+            'amount',
+            'public_notes',
+            'category',
+            'expense_date',
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public static function getImportMap()
+    {
+        return [
+            'amount|total' => 'amount',
+            'category' => 'category',
+            'client' => 'client',
+            'vendor' => 'vendor',
+            'notes|details' => 'public_notes',
+            'date' => 'expense_date',
+        ];
+    }
     /**
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
      */
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62b55c4189ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php namespace App\Ninja\Import\CSV;
+
+use App\Ninja\Import\BaseTransformer;
+use League\Fractal\Resource\Item;
+
+/**
+ * Class InvoiceTransformer
+ */
+class ExpenseTransformer extends BaseTransformer
+{
+    /**
+     * @param $data
+     * @return bool|Item
+     */
+    public function transform($data)
+    {
+        return new Item($data, function ($data) {
+            return [
+                'amount' => isset($data->amount) ? (float) $data->amount : null,
+                'vendor_id' => isset($data->vendor) ? $this->getVendorId($data->vendor) : null,
+                'expense_date' => isset($data->expense_date) ? date('Y-m-d', strtotime($data->expense_date)) : null,
+                'public_notes' => $this->getString($data, 'public_notes'),
+            ];
+        });
+
+        /*
+        return new Item($data, function ($data) {
+            return [
+                'client_id' => $this->getClientId($data->name),
+                'invoice_number' => isset($data->invoice_number) ? $this->getInvoiceNumber($data->invoice_number) : null,
+                'paid' => isset($data->paid) ? (float) $data->paid : null,
+                'po_number' => $this->getString($data, 'po_number'),
+                'terms' => $this->getString($data, 'terms'),
+                'public_notes' => $this->getString($data, 'public_notes'),
+                'invoice_date_sql' => isset($data->invoice_date) ? $data->invoice_date : null,
+                'invoice_items' => [
+                    [
+                        'product_key' => '',
+                        'notes' => $this->getString($data, 'notes'),
+                        'cost' => isset($data->amount) ? (float) $data->amount : null,
+                        'qty' => 1,
+                    ]
+                ],
+            ];
+        });
+        */
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/ImportService.php b/app/Services/ImportService.php
index 67ec500d6620..b62a209541cb 100644
--- a/app/Services/ImportService.php
+++ b/app/Services/ImportService.php
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ use App\Ninja\Repositories\ClientRepository;
 use App\Ninja\Repositories\InvoiceRepository;
 use App\Ninja\Repositories\PaymentRepository;
 use App\Ninja\Repositories\ProductRepository;
+use App\Ninja\Repositories\ExpenseRepository;
+use App\Ninja\Repositories\VendorRepository;
 use App\Ninja\Serializers\ArraySerializer;
 use App\Models\Client;
 use App\Models\Invoice;
+use App\Models\Expense;
 use App\Models\EntityModel;
 
 /**
@@ -110,7 +113,9 @@ class ImportService
         InvoiceRepository $invoiceRepo,
         PaymentRepository $paymentRepo,
         ContactRepository $contactRepo,
-        ProductRepository $productRepo
+        ProductRepository $productRepo,
+        ExpenseRepository $expenseRepo,
+        VendorRepository $vendorRepo
     )
     {
         $this->fractal = $manager;
@@ -121,6 +126,8 @@ class ImportService
         $this->paymentRepo = $paymentRepo;
         $this->contactRepo = $contactRepo;
         $this->productRepo = $productRepo;
+        $this->expenseRepo = $expenseRepo;
+        $this->vendorRepo = $vendorRepo;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -462,12 +469,11 @@ class ImportService
                 $title = strtolower($headers[$i]);
                 $mapped[$i] = '';
 
-                if ($hasHeaders) {
-                    foreach ($map as $search => $column) {
-                        if ($this->checkForMatch($title, $search)) {
-                            $mapped[$i] = $column;
-                            break;
-                        }
+                foreach ($map as $search => $column) {
+                    if ($this->checkForMatch($title, $search)) {
+                        $hasHeaders = true;
+                        $mapped[$i] = $column;
+                        break;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -668,6 +674,8 @@ class ImportService
             'currencies' => [],
             'client_ids' => [],
             'invoice_ids' => [],
+            'vendors' => [],
+            'expense_categories' => [],
         ];
 
         $clients = $this->clientRepo->all();
@@ -695,6 +703,11 @@ class ImportService
         foreach ($currencies as $currency) {
             $this->maps['currencies'][strtolower($currency->code)] = $currency->id;
         }
+
+        $vendors = $this->vendorRepo->all();
+        foreach ($vendors as $vendor) {
+            $this->maps['vendor'][strtolower($vendor->name)] = $vendor->id;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -729,4 +742,9 @@ class ImportService
             $this->maps['product'][$key] = $product->id;
         }
     }
+
+    private function addExpenseToMaps(Expense $expense)
+    {
+        // do nothing
+    }
 }
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/texts.php b/resources/lang/en/texts.php
index 538f2dd993f8..06254428f8c4 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/texts.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/texts.php
@@ -2142,7 +2142,10 @@ $LANG = array(
     'enable_recurring' => 'Enable Recurring',
     'disable_recurring' => 'Disable Recurring',
     'text' => 'Text',
-
+    'expense_will_create' => 'expense will be created',
+    'expenses_will_create' => 'expenses will be created',
+    'created_expenses' => 'Successfully created :count expense(s)',
+    
 );
 
 return $LANG;