Capturing receipts & bills
Photograph a receipt or forward a bill by email, and have it filed and posted for you.
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Not every cost arrives as an e-invoice. Petrol, parking, a supplier who still emails PDFs — ByteBill takes those too.
Two ways in
Photograph it. Use the capture action in the app to take a picture of a receipt, or upload a file you already have.
Email it. Forward the supplier's email to your ByteBill email address and the attachment is picked up automatically. This is the one to use for suppliers who send PDF invoices — you never have to open the app at all.
Either way the document is read, archived, and turned into a draft voucher with the supplier, date, amount and VAT already filled in. Check it and confirm.
Receipt or bill — the distinction that matters
When the document is captured you tag it as one of two things, and they behave differently:
| Tag | Meaning | How it posts | Shows as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receipt | Already paid | Expense against Bank | Paid — not in what you owe |
| Bill | Not yet paid | Expense against Accounts payable | Unpaid — counts in what you owe |
Get this right and your "You owe" total stays honest. Tag a paid petrol receipt as a bill and ByteBill will think you still owe the petrol station.
Where it ends up
Captured documents get an index row just like PEPPOL invoices, so they show up in Received alongside everything else, with a badge showing they were captured or emailed in rather than received over the network. They land in a folder under the supplier the document was read as — or under MISC if the supplier couldn't be determined.
The original file is archived and stays retrievable. For a photographed receipt or a supplier PDF, ByteBill keeps the original rather than regenerating it — what you were given is what's kept.
If the reading is wrong
The supplier, date and amount are read automatically, and automatic reading is not perfect. Everything is editable on the draft before you confirm it. Correct the field and post.
Still stuck? Send us a message — or email support@bytebill.no.