Business Owners in 175 Countries Trust SparkReceipt
Never lose another receipt.
Bookkeeping still won't be fun. But receipts file themselves, and you show up for ten minutes a month.
Platform data, September 2026
How receipts file themselves
Four ways in, one result: every receipt read, categorized, matched to the bank line it paid for, and ready for your accountant.
Email inbox
Receipts arrive on their own
Connect Gmail, Outlook or any IMAP inbox once. New receipts and invoices are picked up as they land, and email history extraction goes back through the mail you already have.
- No forwarding, no downloading attachments
- Reads the receipt from the email body or the PDF
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Bank statements
Every line matched to a receipt
Upload a statement as PDF, CSV or Excel. Each transaction is matched to the receipt that proves it, and you confirm with one click.
- Transfers and personal lines stay out of your totals
- A progress bar shows how far you are from 100%
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QuickBooks Online & Xero
Your accountant gets a finished month
Publish reconciled expenses to QuickBooks Online or Xero with the receipt image attached, or invite your accountant into the account. 3 users are included.
- Categories map to your chart of accounts
- You choose what gets published, and when
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Reports and exports
Tax-ready in one click
Expense and income reports in PDF, Excel or CSV, with totals, category breakdowns, GST/HST summaries and a link to every receipt image. Records the CRA accepts, kept for ten years.
- Filter by date, category, tag or account
- Send the file, or share a read-only link
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Loved by Small Business Owners
“I needed a solution to organize and process my personal and business receipts. I'm thrilled I found SparkReceipt. It saves me a lot of time!”
Frédéric Thériault
Productions Locavores · Canada
“SparkReceipt is one of the very few software purchases that exceeded my expectations.”
Robert Connolly
The Internet Design Co. · Scotland
“SparkReceipt is an excellent alternative to full-fledged accounting software, saving you time and money!”
Pierce Mooney
Legal Services · United States
“The scan accuracy is the most precise out there. Just try it!”
Christina Sust
INMIZE · Spain
“Excellent software to manage income and expenses, and have the relevant info at your fingertips at any given time.”
Melvin Hoods
MJD Brokers · South Africa
“Excellent start and amazing team. Looking forward to making SparkReceipt my default expense management and accounting platform.”
Jon Aron
Logic Enterprises · Switzerland
Join 38,283 businesses that chose SparkReceipt — 4,620,044 receipts processed and counting.
Start Free TrialReceipts by hand vs. receipts that file themselves
One choice saves time all year. The other costs you at tax time.
Receipts by hand
- Receipts scattered across emails, wallets and drawers
- Hours spent searching for missing receipts
- Missed deductions because receipts got lost or faded
- Scrambling to find documentation before your T2125 deadline
- Paying your accountant to sort through shoe boxes
With SparkReceipt
- Snap receipts as you get them (seconds)
- AI extracts and categorizes automatically
- Never miss a deduction — every expense is tracked
- Tax-ready reports generated in one click
- 3 users included — your accountant works in the same account
Tax-Ready in 4 Simple Steps
Scan or Email Receipts in Seconds
Snap a photo, forward an email, or upload a PDF. SparkReceipt captures receipts the moment you get them.
AI Organizes Your Expenses
AI extracts vendor, date, total, GST/HST, and more — then categorizes every expense without lifting a finger.
Match To Bank or Credit Card Statements
Import bank statements and reconcile against captured receipts. Spot missing deductions before you file your return.
Create Reports and Invite Your Accountant
Export tidy reports for your accountant — CSV, PDF, or direct to QuickBooks and Xero.
Receipt scanning
Scan any receipt in seconds
Snap a photo with your phone, forward an email, or upload a PDF. SparkReceipt auto-extracts vendor, date, total, GST/HST, and line items — ready to export to your accountant.
Email history extraction
Your last tax year is still sitting in your inbox
Connecting your inbox catches receipts from today onward. Email history extraction goes the other way: pick how far back to go, and SparkReceipt walks through your past Gmail, Outlook, or IMAP mail and pulls out every receipt and invoice it finds — the typical cleanup reaches back about two years. Your first 10,000 historical emails are included with the Elite plan.
Bank statements
Match transactions to receipts automatically
Upload bank or credit card statements in PDF, CSV, or Excel. AI extracts every transaction and matches it to receipts already in your account.
Mileage tracker
Track business kilometres and receipts in one app
Record trips by GPS or by hand, classify each as business or personal, and set a rate per vehicle — SparkReceipt works out the reimbursement. Your kilometres live next to the gas, parking, and toll receipts they belong with.
AI assistant
Ask SparkAgent, or connect your own AI
SparkAgent is the AI assistant built into SparkReceipt — ask in plain language and it finds, tags, categorizes, reconciles, and publishes across your documents. Prefer your own tool? Connect Claude, Cursor, or another MCP client over MCP and run the same actions from there.
Shoebox and spreadsheet vs. SparkReceipt
Most people come to SparkReceipt from a shoebox and a spreadsheet. Here is the bill for doing it by hand, next to ours. Ours costs less per month than an hour of a bookkeeper's time.
Doing it by hand
Shoebox + spreadsheet
60+ hours a year
Flattening, reading and typing each receipt into a spreadsheet, filing the paper, matching it to the bank statement, and hunting for the ones that went missing.
$800+ for the catch-up
What a bookkeeper charges to turn a year of shoebox records into books a return can be filed from, before the return itself. Catch-up work is billed by the hour, at the top of the rate card.
Deductions you can't prove
A faded thermal receipt or a lost email is an expense you pay for twice: once at the counter, once at tax time.
Total per year
Your evenings, a catch-up bill, and the deductions you couldn't prove.
Basis: about 40 receipts a month at six minutes each by hand, plus a weekend reconstructing the year before the return. Bookkeeper rates from 2026 Canadian pricing guides: freelance bookkeepers $25–60 per hour, certified bookkeepers and CPAs $60–100+ per hour, with catch-up work billed hourly (Ontario Tax Team, Premium Bookkeeping).
Frequently Asked Questions
The AI extracts merchant names, dates, totals, taxes, currencies, and line items with high accuracy — typically processing each receipt in 2–3 seconds. It reads receipts in virtually any language and supports 190 currencies.
Yes. You can create multiple linked accounts under your main account to completely separate expenses between different businesses or personal accounts. Every plan includes unlimited linked accounts.
Yes. Connect Google, Microsoft, or any IMAP provider, and the app automatically fetches digital receipts from email. It processes them identically to scanned receipts — extracting data, categorizing expenses, and storing documents. It also scans your email history: pick a start date and past receipts are imported too, so a year of backlog is handled in one run.
Yes. Upload bank or credit card statements in PDF, Excel, or CSV format, and the app extracts every transaction. It matches those transactions to receipts already in the account, helping identify missing receipts and duplicates before you file your return.
Yes. The app offers direct QuickBooks Online integration that syncs categorized expenses automatically. You can also export to Excel, CSV, or PDF, and connect with hundreds of other apps through Zapier, Make, and Pabbly.
Yes. Every plan includes 3 users — invite your accountant as one of them. They get live access to all receipts, expenses, and reports. You can also generate shareable links or export reports directly.
SparkReceipt delivers AI-powered scanning and categorization at a lower price point — starting at $22.99/month versus $22+/month for competitors. It's purpose-built for sole proprietors and small businesses — every plan includes 3 users so you can invite your accountant and partner.
Yes. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest using industry-standard security. The app is fully GDPR compliant, stores data in EU data centers, and retains receipts for at least 10 years — well beyond the CRA's 6-year retention requirement. You can export or delete data anytime.
Yes. SparkReceipt's AI extracts tax breakdowns from every receipt, including GST, HST, and PST. Expenses are categorized and tax amounts are preserved in your reports — ready for your accountant or your T2125.
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