Snap a receipt and Outlays reads the merchant, amount, VAT and date — then files it under the right Self Assessment category. Organised, and ready for HMRC.
Photograph it on your phone the moment you're handed it — petrol, parts, materials, a coffee with a client. Paper, email or PDF all work.
Outlays pulls out the merchant, amount, VAT and date, then files it under the correct Self Assessment expense category. Wrong guess? Fix it once, it remembers.
Hand your accountant a tidy record, or use it straight for Self Assessment. Totals add up by category, every receipt attached.
Digital record-keeping is becoming mandatory for sole traders, phased in by income. Keep snapping receipts with Outlays and you'll already be keeping records the way HMRC wants — no scramble when your date arrives.
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I built Outlays because I kept hearing the same thing from self-employed friends — receipts everywhere, a panic every January, and no simple way to stay on top of it.
I wanted to fix that. Outlays is the result.
Free to start, no credit card. Your first scan files itself in seconds.
Start free — scan your first receipt