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More from QuickBooks | Smart receipt capture
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More from QuickBooks | Smart receipt capture

Upload or email receipts to your books in seconds with QuickBooks Online. Simply snap or email your receipts and QuickBooks extracts the info, matches it to a transaction and categorises it for you. No more shoeboxes.

Give it a whirl today. We hope it makes your life that little bit easier.

Option 1A: Snap a receipt from your Mobile

  1. Β Install theΒ QuickBooks Online app
  2. Open the app, then tap the Menu ≑
  3. TapΒ Receipt snap
  4. Tap theΒ Receipt CameraΒ and snap a photo of your receipt.
  5. TapΒ Use this photo, thenΒ Done

Option 1B: Email receipts and bills to QuickBooks online

  1. Login to QuickBooks Online
  2. From the left menu, selectΒ BankingΒ andΒ Receipts
  3. SelectΒ Register your email to get startedΒ (If you see β€œSend receipts to receipts@quickbooks.com” you’ve already registered your email address)
  4. Attach receipts and bills or send them in the body of an email. For example, you can take photos of paper receipts and bills and send those, or forward them in an email (such as from an online purchase, Uber ride, etc). If you send a file it should be a pdf, jpeg, jpg, gif, or png.
  5. Send your receipts and bills toΒ receipts@quickbooks.com. Processing might take a few minutes. If something didn’t quite work, you’ll get an email that lets you know.


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Step 2: Review, edit, or match receipts and bills

Once you add the receipts and bills in QuickBooks, they’ll show up in the For Review tab where you can review, edit, and match transactions.

  1. Login to QuickBooks Online
  2. From the left menu, selectΒ BankingΒ andΒ Receipts
  3. From here, you can select the row to have a side-by-side view of the receipt you sent and the data we extracted.

You can also select:

  • ReviewΒ to edit the extracted information for the receipt. If there are multiple matches, selecting Review allows you to choose the match you want.
  • AddΒ to create a new expense in QuickBooks with the receipt attached.
  • MatchΒ when you’re ready to match the receipt with an existing record in QuickBooks.Note: If an imported banking transaction and a receipt are both in For Review, QuickBooks won’t suggest a match until you selectΒ AddΒ for one of them.


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