Practical workflow

Convert receipt photos and PDFs to CSV

ReceiptJar turns a batch of receipt images into spreadsheet rows you can review before downloading. It is designed for one-time cleanup—not ongoing bookkeeping or automatic tax filing.

What the CSV contains

The paid download and sample export use the same core schema.

Date
Normalized receipt date, when detected
Vendor
Merchant name, or blank when uncertain
Total
Final receipt total—not the largest number on the page
Tax
Explicit tax amount, including 0.00 when printed
Category
Editable category for sorting and review
FileName
Original filename for tracing a row back to its receipt
Notes
Export note that can be replaced in your spreadsheet
Date,Vendor,Total,Tax,Category,FileName,Notes
2026-06-12,Harbor Coffee Co.,18.42,1.42,Meals & Entertainment,receipt-0612.jpg,Extracted by ReceiptJar

Inputs that work best

  • Clear JPG, PNG, or WEBP receipt photos
  • Original merchant PDF receipts
  • One readable receipt per image
  • Visible merchant, date, total, and tax labels

Inputs needing more review

  • Blurred, folded, faded, or cropped receipts
  • Email pages printed to PDF instead of original receipts
  • Handwritten totals or unusual layouts
  • Multiple totals, currencies, or receipts in one image

Receipt-to-CSV workflow

  1. 1

    Upload

    Select receipt photos or PDFs. The first three receive a free preview.

  2. 2

    Review

    Correct missing or incorrect fields in the editable review table.

  3. 3

    Export

    Choose the lowest-priced batch that fits and download the reviewed CSV.

When ReceiptJar is the wrong tool

Use accounting software instead if you need bank feeds, reimbursements, approval workflows, tax rules, multi-user access, or long-term document storage. ReceiptJar is intentionally a short-lived extraction and formatting utility.