Stop overpaying the IRS.
Find every tax deduction.
Snap a receipt (or connect your inbox) and NeoReceipt reads every line item, sorts it into the right IRS Schedule C category, and shows your estimated tax savings. Keep audit-ready records all year so you claim every write-off you are owed. One flat price, no bank connection.
Take photo or upload receipt
Deductions tracked
$4,820.16
across 18 receipts
- Supplies$1,240
- Meals$862
- Software$640
- Travel$478
Blue Bottle
MealsAdobe CC
SoftwareUber
TravelStaples
SuppliesFreelancers at your income often have
$6,000 to $15,000
in deductible business expenses, worth roughly
$1,500 to $3,750
in estimated tax savings.
Capture yours freeIllustrative estimate based on typical 1099 deduction ranges. Your actual savings depend on your real expenses. Not tax advice.
Reads receipts from anywhere you spend
29M+
U.S. Schedule C filers
21
IRS categories, automatic
10
free scans to start
1-click
accountant export
Extract every detail in seconds
Snap a receipt and NeoReceipt reads the merchant, date, tax, and every line item, then files it under the right Schedule C category, extracted with 99%+ accuracy.
Your receipt
QUICKPRINT OFFICE SUPPLY
Receipt #R20260627-8022
2026-06-27 08:09 PM
HAVE A NICE DAY!
Extracted details
Merchant
Date
Tax
Category (Schedule C)
Total
Line items (8)
Merchant, date, tax, category, and every line item, extracted with 99%+ accuracy in seconds.
Tax season shouldn't mean a shoebox of receipts
Most freelancers either lose deductions they earned or burn a weekend sorting crumpled receipts before the deadline. Bank-feed apps miss the cash, Venmo, and Zelle spending, and bloated bookkeeping suites cost more than the refund they find.
NeoReceipt fixes the boring part: capture, categorize, export.
Automatic tracking, or tax-time panic?
One habit saves you all year. The other costs you every April.
Without NeoReceipt
- Faded receipts piling up in a shoebox
- Deductions you earned, lost at filing time
- A whole weekend sorting before the deadline
- Cash, Venmo, and Zelle spending forgotten
- Overpaying because you can't prove expenses
With NeoReceipt
- Every receipt captured in seconds
- Sorted into Schedule C categories automatically
- Totals ready all year, no scramble
- Cash, Venmo, Zelle, and Cash App all caught
- A clean export your accountant will love
Receipt to deduction in seconds
Snap or upload
Photograph any receipt, cash, card, Venmo, or a forwarded email. JPEG, PNG, or WebP.
AI categorizes it
We extract the merchant, date, tax, and every line item, then assign the right IRS Schedule C category.
Export at tax time
Totals stay organized by category. Download a CSV, Excel file, or PDF tax report for your accountant anytime.
See exactly what you get
Every part of NeoReceipt does one job well, here's each one, live.
Take photo or upload
JPEG · PNG · WebP · up to 8 MB
Photo-first capture
Snap any receipt, cash, card, Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, or Square. The spending bank-feed apps can't see.
Line items + Schedule C
AI reads every line item, the merchant, date, and tax, then assigns the right IRS Schedule C category. One tap to change it.
Live deduction totals
Watch your write-offs add up by category all year long, no more tax-season scramble.
Export to CSV, Excel & PDF
One-click export grouped by category, as a spreadsheet or a clean PDF tax report. Hand it to any CPA or filing software.
Auto-import from your inbox
Connect Gmail, Outlook, or any IMAP inbox (or forward receipts) and they import and categorize themselves, automatically.
Your data, your control, no lock-in
Private & honest
Your data is yours. Export it free anytime, delete it in one click. No selling, no lock-in.
Connect NeoReceipt to your existing workflow
You don't change how you work. Your receipts already arrive by email, so connect that inbox once and NeoReceipt fetches, reads, and categorizes every receipt for you, automatically. No manual entry, no bank login.
Gmail
Connect your Google inbox in one click and we import receipts as they land.
Outlook
Connect Outlook or Microsoft 365 the same way, no forwarding rules to set up.
Any inbox (IMAP)
Use any other provider with an app password. Works with Yahoo, iCloud, and more.
Every receipt you track lowers your tax
Here's what a year of tracked expenses can look like for different freelancers. Illustrative examples; your numbers will vary.
Rideshare driver
Tracked expenses
$9,200
Est. tax saved
~$2,300
Freelance designer
Tracked expenses
$6,400
Est. tax saved
~$1,600
Online seller
Tracked expenses
$4,800
Est. tax saved
~$1,200
Tax-saved figures assume a roughly 25% combined self-employment and income tax rate. Run your own numbers with the 1099 tax calculator.
Not another bookkeeping suite. A deduction finder.
Expensify, QuickBooks, Wave, and Shoeboxed are built for businesses with bookkeepers. NeoReceipt does one thing for solo 1099 workers: turn receipts into Schedule C deductions and show what you save.
No credit card
Start free, no card required
Cancel anytime
One click, no lock-in
Export free, forever
CSV, Excel, PDF and images, anytime
Private and encrypted
We never sell your data
Real results from real 1099 workers
Drivers, designers, agents, and contractors use NeoReceipt to capture every deduction and get tax-ready in minutes.
NeoReceipt saved me during tax season. As a freelance graphic designer, I had receipts scattered across emails and folders. In just three months, NeoReceipt automatically categorized over 400 receipts and helped me identify nearly $2,300 in deductible expenses I would have otherwise missed.
I drive for Uber and DoorDash full-time, and tracking gas and maintenance receipts was a nightmare. After switching to NeoReceipt, I reduced my bookkeeping time from 4 hours a week to less than 20 minutes and had every expense ready for my accountant.
As a real estate agent, I'm constantly on the road and collecting receipts from multiple vendors. NeoReceipt helped me recover over $4,100 in business deductions last year by ensuring nothing slipped through the cracks.
Before NeoReceipt, I was manually entering every receipt into spreadsheets. The AI accurately scanned and categorized over 95% of my expenses automatically, saving me dozens of hours each quarter.
During an IRS documentation request, NeoReceipt became invaluable. Every receipt was organized, searchable, and linked to the correct expense category. What could have taken days took less than an hour.
The Schedule C categories were a game changer. Instead of guessing where expenses belonged, everything was organized correctly from day one. Tax preparation that used to take a weekend now takes about an hour.
I started using NeoReceipt after losing a shoebox full of receipts. Six months later, I have over 700 receipts securely stored, categorized, and ready to export. It's easily the best investment I've made for my business admin.
Reviews from early NeoReceipt users. Individual results vary.
One honest price
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready. No per-seat fees, no charge to get your data out.
Free
$0 / forever
Try it on your real receipts.
- 10 receipt scans to start
- AI line items + Schedule C categories
- Mileage & income tracking
- CSV export
- No credit card required
Pro
$9.99 / month
or $99/year, 2 months free.
Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited receipt scans
- AI line-item extraction
- Auto-import from Gmail, Outlook & IMAP
- Forward receipts to your inbox address
- Export to CSV, Excel & PDF, plus receipt images
- Live deduction totals by category
- Priority support
- Cancel anytime
Frequently asked questions
How does NeoReceipt categorize my receipts for taxes?+
Snap or upload a receipt and NeoReceipt's AI reads the merchant, date, amount, and tax, then assigns the best-fit IRS Schedule C expense category. You can edit any field, and your running totals are always ready to export.
Is NeoReceipt a good QuickBooks Self-Employed alternative?+
Yes. If you were moved off QuickBooks Self-Employed and lost easy receipt capture, NeoReceipt keeps it simple: receipts in, Schedule C totals out, one flat price, and a clean CSV you can hand to any accountant, no surprise charge to get your own data out.
Do I need to connect my bank account?+
No. NeoReceipt is photo-first, so it works for cash, Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, and Square spending that bank-feed apps miss. Just photograph the receipt, no Plaid connection or banking switch required.
What can self-employed people deduct on Schedule C?+
Common 1099 write-offs include home-office costs, software and subscriptions, mileage and travel, business meals, supplies, advertising, and professional services. NeoReceipt sorts each receipt into the matching Schedule C line. (General information, not tax advice.)
Can I export my data for my accountant?+
Anytime. Download a CSV grouped by Schedule C category in one click. Your data is yours, exporting is never paywalled.
How much does NeoReceipt cost?+
Start free with 10 receipt scans. Pro is one flat price for unlimited scans and exports, no per-seat fees and no extra charge to file or export. Cancel anytime.
Is there a free receipt scanner app for taxes?+
Yes, NeoReceipt is free to start. Scan your first 10 receipts at no cost, with automatic IRS Schedule C categorization and CSV export included. Upgrade to Pro only when you need unlimited scans.
Does NeoReceipt help with 1099 and self-employment taxes?+
It tracks the deductible business expenses that lower your taxable income and exports them by Schedule C category for filing. We also offer free 1099 and self-employment tax calculators to estimate what you'll owe.
Can DoorDash, Uber, and Lyft drivers use it?+
Absolutely. Gig and rideshare drivers can scan gas, maintenance, phone, and supply receipts, and NeoReceipt sorts them into the right deduction categories for their 1099 taxes, alongside mileage you log separately.
Stop leaving deductions on the table
Scan your first 10 receipts free and watch your Schedule C totals build themselves. No credit card required.
Get started freeEverything you need to know about receipt tracking
A complete guide to capturing receipts, claiming deductions, and staying ready for tax time when you are self-employed.
Key takeaways
- NeoReceipt is an AI receipt scanner and expense tracker built for freelancers, 1099 contractors, and gig workers.
- It reads each receipt, including every line item, then files it into the correct IRS Schedule C category automatically.
- It can auto-import receipts from Gmail, Outlook, or any IMAP inbox, or you can forward them and snap photos.
- Every tracked expense lowers your net profit, which reduces both self-employment tax and income tax.
- It is photo-first, so it captures cash, Venmo, Zelle, and Cash App spending that bank-feed apps miss.
- You can export to CSV, Excel, or a PDF tax report, or a full ZIP of every receipt image, for your accountant at any time.
What is NeoReceipt?
NeoReceipt is a receipt scanner and expense-tracking app made for self-employed people. You photograph a receipt, forward it by email, or connect your inbox, and the app uses AI to read the merchant, date, amount, and tax. It then assigns the expense to the right IRS Schedule C category and adds it to your running deduction totals. At tax time you export everything as a clean spreadsheet, with the original receipt images attached for substantiation, so you never overpay at tax time.
Take photo or upload
JPEG · PNG · WebP · up to 8 MB
Why does receipt tracking matter for 1099 contractors?
When you are self-employed, your taxes are calculated on your net profit, which is your income minus your deductible business expenses. Every receipt you keep is a chance to lower that profit, and therefore lower both your self-employment tax and your income tax. The problem is that paper receipts fade, email receipts get buried, and cash purchases are easy to forget. Most freelancers either lose deductions they genuinely earned, or spend a stressful weekend before the deadline trying to reconstruct a year of spending from a shoebox.
Tracking expenses as they happen solves both problems. Instead of a tax-season scramble, your deductions add up quietly all year, and the number you can claim is backed by an actual image of the receipt.
How does NeoReceipt work?
- Capture. Snap a photo, upload an image or PDF, forward an email receipt, or connect Gmail so receipts import automatically.
- Extract and categorize. AI reads the merchant, date, total, and tax, then picks the best-fit IRS Schedule C category. Change it with one tap.
- Track and export. Your deduction totals update by category in real time, and you can download a CSV or a ZIP of images anytime.
Because the heavy lifting is automated, a receipt goes from your hand to a tax-ready deduction in just a few seconds.
How does AI receipt scanning work?
A receipt scanner app uses optical character recognition and modern AI vision models to turn a photo into structured data. Older scanners struggled with crumpled paper, faded thermal receipts, and unusual layouts. NeoReceipt uses a current vision model that reads messy real-world receipts and returns the merchant name, date, subtotal, tax, and total. It then maps the purchase to a tax category, so you get organized records rather than just a stored picture. You stay in control: every extracted value is editable, and your corrections are saved.
What is IRS Schedule C?
Schedule C is the IRS form sole proprietors and single-member LLCs use to report business income and expenses. Its Part II lists the standard expense categories, and NeoReceipt sorts your receipts into those exact lines: advertising, car and truck expenses, supplies, office expense, travel, business meals, utilities, rent, insurance, legal and professional services, and more. Sorting receipts this way as you go means your Schedule C totals are essentially done by the time you file.
What business expenses can self-employed people deduct?
If an expense is ordinary and necessary for your work, it is generally deductible. Frequently claimed write-offs include:
- Home office, by square footage or the simplified method
- Vehicle and mileage, plus tolls and parking
- Software, apps, and subscriptions
- The business-use share of phone and internet
- Supplies, tools, and equipment
- Business meals, generally 50 percent deductible
- Advertising, marketing, and your website
- Professional services such as legal and accounting
See how those deductions change your bill with the 1099 tax calculator, or read the complete 1099 deductions list in our free tax guides.
Who is NeoReceipt for?
NeoReceipt works for anyone who files a Schedule C, with dedicated guides for the most common kinds of self-employed work:
Is NeoReceipt a good QuickBooks Self-Employed alternative?
Yes. Many freelancers came to NeoReceipt after QuickBooks Self-Employed changed and wanted something simpler that kept easy receipt capture. NeoReceipt focuses on one job and does it well: receipts in, Schedule C totals out, one flat price, and a clean export. There are no per-seat fees, no corporate features you will never use, and no surprise charge to get your own data out. Unlike bank-feed-first tools, it is photo-first, so it captures the cash, Venmo, Zelle, and Cash App spending those tools miss.
See the full QuickBooks Self-Employed comparison, or browse all alternatives.
Is my data private and secure?
Your data belongs to you. You can export everything at any time at no cost, and delete your account and all of its receipts in one click. NeoReceipt does not sell your data. Exporting is never paywalled, and the original receipt images stay available for your records and for IRS substantiation, which generally requires you to keep proof of your deductible expenses.
Your data, your control, no lock-in
How much does NeoReceipt cost?
You can start for free and scan your first ten receipts at no cost, with automatic Schedule C categorization and CSV export included. When you are ready for unlimited scans, Pro is one simple flat price with no per-seat fees and no charge to export. You can cancel anytime. For a tool that can pay for itself with a single recovered deduction, the math is easy.