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Intelligent Categorization Engine

Receipt Scanner That Automatically Categorizes Expenses

Scan receipts and automatically categorize your expenses using intelligent OCR merchant recognition. Group Food & Dining, Travel, Software, Office Supplies, and Utilities with zero manual sorting.

96%+ Auto-Classification Rate
12 Standard Expense Taxonomies
Client-Side Machine Heuristics
Expenseliy Client-Side Engine v2.4

Auto-Categorizing Receipt Scanner

Upload a receipt to watch the OCR classifier automatically detect the merchant and assign the correct expense category.

Instant OCR text extraction
Smart merchant recognition dictionary
Auto-assigns Food, Travel, Software, Supplies, Utilities
Schedule C tax deduction mapping
1-Click category adjustment & user correction
Export categorized CSV ledgers

Drag and drop your receipt here

Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, and scanned documents. Client-side OCR extracts vendor, date, subtotal, tax, and totals in seconds.

No receipt on hand? Test with 1-click sample receipts:

Recent Receipts in Your Active Ledger

Classification Mechanics

How Automatic Expense Categorization Works: Machine Learning & Heuristics

Categorizing business expenses by hand is one of the most tedious parts of bookkeeping. Automatic expense categorization combines computer vision, optical character recognition, and token-based entity matching to map raw receipt text into standard accounting categories.

The 3 Layers of Expense Classification

Layer 1

Merchant Dictionary

Identifies known corporate brands (e.g. AWS → Software & SaaS; Delta → Travel; Starbucks → Food & Dining).

Layer 2

Line-Item Token NLP

Scans itemized descriptions for keywords like 'toner', 'unleaded', 'prescription', or 'hotel night'.

Layer 3

Tax Code Mapping

Maps the final category to IRS Schedule C lines (e.g. Line 24b Meals 50%, Line 18 Office Expense).

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn how automated receipt categorization simplifies bookkeeping.

Expenseliy uses a hybrid natural language heuristic engine. When a receipt is scanned, it analyzes vendor names (e.g. Starbucks → Food & Dining, AWS → Software, Delta → Travel) and line item keywords (e.g. 'toner', 'unleaded', 'prescription') to match standard Chart of Accounts categories with over 96% accuracy.

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