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How to Go Paperless With Your Receipts (And Actually Stay That Way)

Going paperless is easy for a week. Staying paperless is where most systems fail. Here's the setup that actually works long-term.

Mar 5, 2026 · 6 min readRead →
Tax Tips

Home Office Receipts: What to Track and How to Prove It at Tax Time

The home office deduction is one of the most valuable for freelancers and remote workers — and one of the most misunderstood. Here's exactly what you need to document.

Mar 4, 2026 · 6 min readRead →
Guides

Receipt to JSON: How to Automate Expense Extraction as a Developer

If you're building an expense workflow, reimbursement system, or financial tool, you need structured data from receipts. Here's what the JSON output looks like and how to use it.

Mar 3, 2026 · 6 min readRead →
Guides

Faded Receipt? How to Recover the Data Before It Disappears

Thermal paper receipts fade fast. Within 6-12 months many become completely blank. Here's what to do with a faded receipt and how to prevent the problem going forward.

Mar 2, 2026 · 6 min readRead →
How-To

How to Process 25 Receipts at Once Without Losing Your Mind

Month-end receipt processing doesn't have to be a half-day project. With batch uploading, 25 receipts take about the same time as 2.

Mar 1, 2026 · 5 min readRead →
How-To

How to Import Receipt Data Into QuickBooks, Wave, and FreshBooks

Every major accounting tool accepts CSV. The problem is getting your receipts into CSV format without spending an hour on data entry. Here's the fast way.

Feb 28, 2026 · 5 min readRead →
Tax Tips

Business Meal Deductions: What the IRS Actually Checks on Your Receipt

The 50% meal deduction is one of the most claimed and most audited. Here's exactly what documentation you need and what gets people in trouble.

Feb 27, 2026 · 5 min readRead →
How-To

How to Turn Receipts Into a PDF Expense Report in One Click

Submitting expenses to a client or employer shouldn't mean an hour of formatting in Word. Here's how to go from receipt photos to a clean PDF report in minutes.

Feb 26, 2026 · 5 min readRead →
Tax Tips

How to Organize Receipts for Taxes (And Stop Losing Deductions)

Most freelancers overpay taxes by hundreds of dollars a year. Not because they don't have deductions, but because they can't prove them.

Feb 24, 2026 · 7 min readRead →
How-To

How to Scan Receipts Into Excel Without Typing a Single Number

Manual receipt entry takes 3-4 minutes per receipt. There's a faster way that takes about 20 seconds and produces cleaner data.

Feb 20, 2026 · 5 min readRead →