Email-In Receipts
Email a Receipt In.
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Forward any receipt email to scan@awesomereceipts.com and it's extracted, categorized, and filed before you've closed your inbox.
PDF & HEIC attachments supported · Confirmation reply on every send
Half of your receipts never touch paper — they arrive by email, from Uber, Amazon, airlines, and every SaaS subscription you carry. Forward those emails to scan@awesomereceipts.com from your registered address, and Awesome Receipts extracts merchant, date, tax, total, and category from the attachment and adds the receipt to your list, no app opened.
How it works
Forward, and you're done
1 · Forward the email
Send it to scan@awesomereceipts.com from the email address on your account.
2 · We verify it's you
Only mail from your registered address is processed — a stranger can't stuff receipts into your account.
3 · AI reads the attachment
Images, PDFs (multi-page included), and iPhone HEIC photos are extracted like any camera scan.
4 · You get a reply
A confirmation with what was found — or a clear note when an email had nothing to process.
Why it matters
Your inbox is where receipts already live
Camera scanning solves paper. But the receipts you lose at tax time increasingly aren't paper — they're two-month-old order confirmations buried under a thousand newer emails. Forwarding them as they arrive turns your inbox from a graveyard of receipts into a capture device.
It also makes a habit possible: forward the receipt the moment it lands, and digital purchases record themselves. Paper receipts go through the camera; emailed ones go through the inbox; everything lands in one list with the same fields and the same exports.
Limits, stated plainly
What forwarding can and can't do
The receipt must be an attachment — an image or a PDF. An email with nothing attached gets a polite reply explaining what to send, not a silent failure. Forwards also count against the same scan allowance as camera scans: a receipt is a receipt.
Forwarding is per-account: mail is only accepted from the address you signed up with. If you're collecting receipts from clients, the workflow for that is on the bookkeepers page.
Email Forwarding FAQ
How do I scan receipts from my email?
Forward the email to your scanning address (scan@awesomereceipts.com) from the address you signed up with. Attachments and receipt emails are extracted on arrival — merchant, date, tax, total, and category — and appear in your receipt list with a confirmation reply.
What attachment types work?
Images (JPEG, PNG, WebP), PDFs — including multi-page ones — and iPhone HEIC photos, which are converted automatically. The receipt needs to be an attachment; if an email arrives without one, you get a reply explaining what to send instead of silence.
Do forwarded receipts count against my scan limit?
Yes — a receipt is a receipt, whether it arrives by camera or by email. The free plan's 50-scan allowance covers both.
Can my clients forward receipts to my account?
The scanning address accepts mail from your registered email address, so forwards need to come from you. For collecting client receipts, have clients send receipts to you and forward them on — or see the bookkeepers page for the full workflow.
Is forwarding email receipts secure?
Inbound mail is verified (signed webhooks), attachments go into the same encrypted storage as camera scans, and images are only reachable through time-limited links. Delete any receipt — or your whole account — whenever you want.
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Last updated 2026-08-09.
Forward one right now.
Dig out last week's Uber receipt and send it to scan@awesomereceipts.com. It'll be a spreadsheet row before you're back in your inbox.