Which VAT rates does Spendify support?
Any rate from 0 to 100 percent, for example 20%, 19%, 21%, 22% or 7.7%. The rate on each receipt is kept as it was detected or as you enter it, and it is never rounded to a fixed list.
Capture the VAT on Every Receipt
(VAT amount and rate, in a spreadsheet-ready CSV)
Photograph a receipt, check the VAT that was read, and export it with the total to a CSV file.
No accounting suite. No bank connections.
For freelancers and small businesses that keep track of VAT in a spreadsheet.
VAT Is the Part You Retype
If you reclaim or report VAT, you need the VAT amount and the rate for each receipt. Typing them by hand is slow, and it is where mistakes creep in.
Spendify reads them from the photo, and you check them before they are saved.
What Spendify Records for Each Receipt
- The date and the merchant
- The total, as printed (VAT included)
- The VAT amount
- The VAT rate, as a percentage
Any VAT rate works, from 0 to 100 percent: 20%, 19%, 21%, 22%, 7.7%. It is never rounded to a fixed list.
How the VAT Is Found
If the receipt prints the VAT amount, Spendify reads it. If it prints the rate, for example “20%”, Spendify reads that too. If no rate is printed, Spendify calculates it from the total and the VAT amount.
OCR is not perfect. You see the result on a review screen before anything is saved, and you can change the VAT amount and the rate. If a receipt shows no VAT, enter 0.
1
Scan the receipt
Take a photo or upload an image. Spendify reads the date, merchant, total and VAT.
2
Check the VAT
Review the VAT amount and the VAT rate and fix anything that is wrong.
3
Export to CSV
Download a CSV with the total, the VAT amount and the VAT rate of the receipts you select.
See the VAT Total Before You Export
The export screen shows the total and the total VAT of the receipts you selected. You can filter by date — the last 7 days, the last 30 days, this month, last month or a custom range — and choose which receipts to include.
The CSV holds one row per receipt, so the net amount is the total minus the VAT: one formula in your spreadsheet.
What It Is Not
Spendify captures the VAT on your receipts and exports it. It is not accounting software, it does not prepare or file VAT returns, and it does not give tax advice. It does not connect to your bank either: you upload a receipt, review the data and choose what to export.
Frequently asked questions
Is the VAT read automatically?
Usually, when it is printed on the receipt. Spendify reads the VAT amount and, if the receipt prints a rate, the rate. If no rate is printed, it calculates one from the total and the VAT amount. The result is not always perfect, so you check it before it is saved.
Does the CSV include the net amount?
No. The CSV has the total (VAT included), the VAT amount and the VAT rate, next to the date, merchant, category, notes and receipt ID. The net amount is the total minus the VAT, one formula in your spreadsheet.
Does it work with currencies other than the euro?
The app shows amounts in euros. Spendify does not convert currencies, and the CSV contains plain numbers without a currency symbol.
Does Spendify prepare or file my VAT return?
No. Spendify captures the VAT on each receipt and exports it. It is not accounting software and does not give tax advice. Your VAT return stays in your own tools.
How much does Spendify cost?
New accounts get a 14-day free trial, with no credit card required. After the trial, the subscription is €4.99 per month.
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