diff --git a/client/src/components/Budget/CostsPanel.tsx b/client/src/components/Budget/CostsPanel.tsx
index 3d463041d..0c52841de 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Budget/CostsPanel.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Budget/CostsPanel.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export default function CostsPanel({ tripId, tripMembers = [] }: CostsPanelProps
   const {
     me, base, tripCurrency, ctx, settlement, settlementError, loadSettlement, knownNames, splitting,
     search, setSearch, segment: filter, setSegment: setFilter, catFilter, setCatFilter, dayFilter, setDayFilter,
-    totals, filtered, filteredSettlements, catBreakdown, leftOutLabel, toggleLeftOutCat, countAllCats, exportCsv: handleExportCsv,
+    totals, filtered, filteredSettlements, catBreakdown, countedCount, leftOutLabel, toggleLeftOutCat, countAllCats, exportCsv: handleExportCsv,
     deleteExpense: handleDelete, undoSettlement, settleFlow, settleAll, setBase, baseOptions,
   } = useCostsLedger({
     tripId, trip, budgetItems, memberCount: tripMembers.length, actions: { loadBudgetItems, deleteBudgetItem }, canEdit, t, toast,
@@ -242,8 +242,13 @@ export default function CostsPanel({ tripId, tripMembers = [] }: CostsPanelProps
       foot={<>{splitting ? <>
         <span className={CHIP}>{t('costs.yourShare')}<b className="text-content">{fmt0(totals.myShare)}</b></span>
         <span className={CHIP}>{t('costs.youPaid')}<b className="text-content">{fmt0(totals.myPaid)}</b></span>
-      </> : <span className={CHIP}>{t('costs.expensesCount', { count: budgetItems.length })}</span>}
-        {leftOutLabel && <span className={`${CHIP} text-warning`}>{leftOutLabel}</span>}</>} />
+      </> : <span className={CHIP}>{t('costs.expensesCount', { count: countedCount })}</span>}
+        {/* Also the way back where the breakdown is not on show (the table view). */}
+        {leftOutLabel && (
+          <Tooltip label={t('costs.breakdown.countAll')} placement="top">
+            <button type="button" onClick={countAllCats} className={`${CHIP} text-warning hover:underline`}>{leftOutLabel}</button>
+          </Tooltip>
+        )}</>} />
   )
 
   // Spend by category; a click leaves one out of the totals for a look without it (#2819).
diff --git a/client/src/components/Budget/costsModel.test.ts b/client/src/components/Budget/costsModel.test.ts
index 7000cbf57..183605c3f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Budget/costsModel.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Budget/costsModel.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   buildCostsCsv,
   categoryBreakdown,
   computeTotals,
+  countedExpenses,
   currencyOptions,
   filterBudgetItems,
   isPlainSplit,
@@ -203,4 +204,11 @@ describe('costsModel: categories left out of the totals (#2819)', () => {
       ['food', false, 100],
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('FE-BUDGET-COSTSMODEL-016: the expense count beside the total counts what the total adds up', () => {
+    const food = expense({ category: 'food', total_price: 40 });
+    const hotel = expense({ category: 'accommodation', total_price: 100 });
+    expect(countedExpenses([food, hotel, food])).toBe(3);
+    expect(countedExpenses([food, hotel, food], new Set<CostCategory>(['food']))).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/client/src/components/Budget/costsModel.ts b/client/src/components/Budget/costsModel.ts
index 4b615dd84..632d0d377 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Budget/costsModel.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Budget/costsModel.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ function counts(e: BudgetItem, leftOut: ReadonlySet<CostCategory>): boolean {
   return leftOut.size === 0 || !leftOut.has(catMeta(e.category).key);
 }
 
+/** How many expenses the totals add up while `leftOut` categories are set aside (#2819). */
+export function countedExpenses(items: BudgetItem[], leftOut: ReadonlySet<CostCategory> = ALL_COUNTED): number {
+  return items.filter((e) => counts(e, leftOut)).length;
+}
+
 /**
  * The hero and tile figures. Categories left out for a look without them
  * (#2819) leave what was spent, paid and shared; what is owed and still open
diff --git a/client/src/components/Budget/receiptLinks.test.ts b/client/src/components/Budget/receiptLinks.test.ts
index cfd4291aa..871f8ce25 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Budget/receiptLinks.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Budget/receiptLinks.test.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import { linkableReceiptFiles, receiptOfFile } from './receiptLinks';
 const names = (files: { original_name: string }[]) => files.map((f) => f.original_name);
 
 describe('receipt links (#2839)', () => {
-  const menu = buildTripFile({ id: 1, original_name: 'menu.jpg' });
+  const menu = buildTripFile({ id: 1, original_name: 'menu.jpg', mime_type: 'image/jpeg' });
   const confirmation = buildTripFile({ id: 2, original_name: 'hotel-confirmation.pdf', reservation_id: 7 });
   const linked = buildTripFile({ id: 3, original_name: 'hotel-invoice.pdf', linked_reservation_ids: [9, 7] });
   const binned = buildTripFile({ id: 4, original_name: 'old.pdf', deleted_at: '2026-01-01 10:00:00' });
+  const track = buildTripFile({ id: 5, original_name: 'ridge.gpx', mime_type: 'application/gpx+xml' });
 
-  it('FE-BUDGET-RCPTLINK-001: offers the live files the expense does not carry yet', () => {
-    const files = linkableReceiptFiles([menu, confirmation, linked, binned], [receiptOfFile(linked)], null);
+  it('FE-BUDGET-RCPTLINK-001: offers the live pictures and PDFs the expense does not carry yet', () => {
+    const files = linkableReceiptFiles([menu, confirmation, linked, binned, track], [receiptOfFile(linked)], null);
     expect(names(files)).toEqual(['menu.jpg', 'hotel-confirmation.pdf']);
   });
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/Budget/receiptLinks.ts b/client/src/components/Budget/receiptLinks.ts
index 02a7905aa..8263b8aeb 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Budget/receiptLinks.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Budget/receiptLinks.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ function onBooking(file: TripFile, reservationId: number): boolean {
   return Number(file.reservation_id) === reservationId || (file.linked_reservation_ids || []).includes(reservationId);
 }
 
+/** What the receipt picker uploads, so linking offers the same: a picture or a PDF, not a GPX track. */
+function isReceiptFile(file: TripFile): boolean {
+  return (file.mime_type || '').startsWith('image/') || file.mime_type === 'application/pdf';
+}
+
 /**
- * The trip's files an expense could take as a receipt (#2839): the ones not in
- * the bin and not on the expense yet. A booking's confirmation is so often its
- * invoice as well that the files of the booking the expense belongs to lead.
+ * The trip's files an expense could take as a receipt (#2839): pictures and PDFs
+ * not in the bin and not on the expense yet. A booking's confirmation is so often
+ * its invoice as well that the files of the booking the expense belongs to lead.
  */
 export function linkableReceiptFiles(
   files: readonly TripFile[],
@@ -16,7 +21,7 @@ export function linkableReceiptFiles(
   reservationId: number | null | undefined
 ): TripFile[] {
   const taken = new Set(receipts.map((r) => r.id));
-  const live = files.filter((f) => !f.deleted_at && !taken.has(f.id));
+  const live = files.filter((f) => !f.deleted_at && !taken.has(f.id) && isReceiptFile(f));
   if (!reservationId) return live;
   return [...live.filter((f) => onBooking(f, reservationId)), ...live.filter((f) => !onBooking(f, reservationId))];
 }
diff --git a/client/src/components/Budget/useCostsLedger.ts b/client/src/components/Budget/useCostsLedger.ts
index 2bc1a62ca..e4731fbea 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Budget/useCostsLedger.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Budget/useCostsLedger.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   buildCostsCsv,
   categoryBreakdown,
   computeTotals,
+  countedExpenses,
   filterBudgetItems,
   filterSettlements,
   myShareOf,
@@ -237,6 +238,8 @@ export function useCostsLedger({
     [splitting, settlement, search, activeSegment, catFilter, dayFilter, me]
   );
   const catBreakdown = useMemo(() => categoryBreakdown(budgetItems, ctx, leftOutCats), [budgetItems, ctx, leftOutCats]);
+  // The count beside the total adds up what the total does.
+  const countedCount = useMemo(() => countedExpenses(budgetItems, leftOutCats), [budgetItems, leftOutCats]);
   // What the totals leave out, named in the breakdown's order, for the line that says so.
   const leftOutLabel = useMemo(() => {
     const names = catBreakdown.filter((r) => r.leftOut).map((r) => t(COST_CAT_META[r.key].labelKey));
@@ -348,6 +351,7 @@ export function useCostsLedger({
     filtered,
     filteredSettlements,
     catBreakdown,
+    countedCount,
     leftOutLabel,
     toggleLeftOutCat,
     countAllCats,
diff --git a/client/src/mobile/screens/trip/tabs/MCostsTab.tsx b/client/src/mobile/screens/trip/tabs/MCostsTab.tsx
index 6c623efe4..216e75d91 100644
--- a/client/src/mobile/screens/trip/tabs/MCostsTab.tsx
+++ b/client/src/mobile/screens/trip/tabs/MCostsTab.tsx
@@ -328,9 +328,8 @@ export default function MCostsTab({ planner, shell }: MTabScreenProps) {
             </button>
           )}
         </div>
-        {leftOutLabel
-          ? <p className="mt-1 text-caption text-m-muted">{leftOutLabel}</p>
-          : catBreakdown.length > 1 && <p className="mt-1 text-caption text-m-faint">{t('costs.breakdown.hint')}</p>}
+        {/* What is left out is said once, under the total above. */}
+        {!leftOutLabel && catBreakdown.length > 1 && <p className="mt-1 text-caption text-m-faint">{t('costs.breakdown.hint')}</p>}
         {catBreakdown.length === 0 ? (
           <p className="mt-2 font-geist text-[0.71875rem] text-m-faint">{t('costs.noCategories')}</p>
         ) : (