How to Find and Organize Uber Receipts

Need your Uber receipts for expense tracking or tax records? This guide walks you through finding receipts in the Uber app and on the Uber website, plus how to auto-forward them to a receipt scanning app so they're automatically categorized and ready for your records.

Feeling overwhelmed by how complicated it is to keep track of all your expenses? Whether you're a freelancer, small business owner or just someone trying to organise your life better, it's probably the small, routine expenses like Uber fares which make life complicated for you.

Forward Your Receipts Automatically

If you're a regular Uber customer, you only have to forward your receipts to a receipt scanning app to add them to your financial records. The app will read the invoice and input your information by itself so you can focus on the sweeter things in life. Just choose an app that supports auto-forwarding and auto-scanning via email.

Find Your Uber Receipts Manually

This quick and easy guide will tell you how. Just follow these simple steps on your phone or your browser:

Locating Uber Receipts on the Uber App

• Open the Uber app on your smartphone.
• Tap "Activity" in the app menu.
• Select the completed trip you want to add to your accounting records.
• Tap the "Receipt" button to see the full price breakdown.

Scroll to the bottom of the receipt and you can choose "Download PDF" to save the file, or "Resend email" to have it sent to the email address on your Uber account.

Downloading an Uber Invoice on the Uber Website

On the web, Uber gives you a tax invoice rather than the standard receipt, and where it offers one you need a tax profile set up first (add yours at riders.uber.com/tax-profiles). Once that's in place:

• Sign in at riders.uber.com/trips.
• Navigate to "My trips".
• Choose the trip you need the invoice for.
• Select "View detail".
• Select "Download invoice" in the top right corner.

Tracking Expenses with Uber Receipts

Uber normally emails a receipt to you every time you use its services. However, the method described in this guide is quicker and more convenient than digitally rummaging through old emails trying to find the right one.

Now that you have obtained your receipt from Uber, you only have to forward it to your receipt scanner app. It will automatically categorize the information and take care of all your financial management worries. Forwarding receipts only takes a few clicks, and this post will make the process even more straightforward for you. And no, you don't have to worry about currency differences either!

The most common reason behind personal or business financial management getting too complicated is the small expenses that often remain hidden under the radar because of how trivial they may seem. Uber fares are one of the main "small" expenses for a multitude of people, and their frequency make them feel like a nuisance to record.

These minor expenses build up over time and become serious leakages affecting cash flow. This is why it is so important to account for these expenses, not only for recording purposes but also to help you see how more money can be saved and where spending can be curtailed.