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Practical articles on getting the most out of receipt OCR — from how to photograph a slip so it parses cleanly to how to categorise a year of receipts for tax season.

How to photograph a receipt so OCR actually reads it

Practical phone-camera tips that move OCR accuracy from 70% to 95% — covered with worked examples.

6 min readMay 21, 2026

Photo vs PDF receipts: which one parses more accurately, and why

A PDF receipt is almost always cleaner than a photo. Here is the why and the when-it-matters.

5 min readMay 21, 2026

How to organise paper receipts for tax season (without losing your mind)

A weekly-cadence system that beats the shoebox-in-March approach for freelancers and small-business owners.

8 min readMay 21, 2026

Receipt categories for small-business bookkeeping (and the edge cases that catch people out)

A categorisation scheme that maps cleanly to tax forms, plus mixed-receipt and partial-use guidance.

7 min readMay 21, 2026

VAT, IVA, GST, sales tax — what the numbers on your receipt actually mean

A plain-language tour of consumption taxes across countries and what businesses need to capture from each receipt.

8 min readMay 21, 2026

Splitting a group bill by line items — without the spreadsheet drama

Why "split the bill" is unfair, how to fix it without doing arithmetic at the table, and a step-by-step workflow.

5 min readMay 21, 2026

OCR accuracy troubleshooting: when receipt OCR misreads, and how to fix it

The eight common receipt-OCR errors, what causes each, and the quickest fix.

7 min readMay 21, 2026