For us (me and my wife), the scan and autogenerate transaction function would be very helpfull. So for us it is a go! :)

I use scanning for a number of reasons and was disappointed to find I am unable to do this with YNAB. 

Often receipts fade overtime so when I make a transaction for an item with a warranty I will scan/photo so that I have a  legible copy.

For items required for tax returns

also if I buy and item that’s not consumable I often keep a copy of receipt so that if it falls apart in a couple of wears or uses I have the re riot for exchange. 

I hope you consider this option on YNAB as most other transaction programs offer this 

thx 🙏

Because taking a picture is quick and a very common action that requires less time/thought. Remembering to add all transactions is hard enough for some of us and when we do remember, we don't always have the time. Entering info into your app may seem straightforward enough at a programming desk but out on the road and with multiple accounts it takes a little more time and thoughts. I tried it this month and ended up ditching the idea, instead, I decided to ask for receipts and stuff them in my work bag. The trouble is the task then grows and I still need to remember to do it.  The function that I personally would love to see is a receipt dump by a photo.

The workflow that would best suit me would be this. Take a picture of a receipt (or screenshot it to allow for e-receipts) from within YNAB - the file is scanned for data and populated into a temporary transaction (and unallocated to any account)  -  when less busy, I can go through and amend (if required) and approve the transaction and allocate them to the correct accounts - all processed and approved receipts, get stored in a location on the app to keep them out of my personal photos. If this is not possible, then the ability to simply take and store photos in the YNAB app (and not duplicating them to personal photos would help).

I could just take pictures of receipts myself but they would get lost in my personal albums and it defeats the time-saving object. 

I'd love this feature because I wouldn't have to trust my memory when I buy a pair of jeans on my grocery run at Costco!🤪 it's also be great if you could set categories for different vendors... Safeway: groceries...and I don't have to categorize bit I can update if necessary. 

This would be an AWESOME feature!  My wife is a "reluctant" user, and I have a hard time getting her to enter transactions into YNAB.  This leads to confusion about current balances, and causes problems.  If she could take a picture of her receipt (which she always does anyway for her couponing sites), I could better categorize the transactions.  It would also help me in being able to track back and find information when I need it later.  I'm not sure what I would need it for, but it might be taxes as you mentioned.  Other times it might be just for reference.  Please make it happen soon!

If internal development of this feature is not going to happen, perhaps another option would be to partner with Expensify for integration, now that you have an API.  😁

As some of the other users mentioned here, I would like this feature to keep track of receipts where tips and stuff are written down.  I just had an incident today where I noticed my YNAB and credit card were out of sync, and it turned out I was overcharged at a restaurant. It would have been great if I had an image of that receipt attached to YNAB to show them!

My wife and I currently created a Group in WhatsApp Messenger where we each take picture of our rceipts and send them to each other. Since we closely track the budget categories, I often need to split a transaction but without actually know the split-- I can't do it. We use the Group so that when I reconcile transactions, I will look through receipts and find ones denoted with splits (common categories include: Groceries, Household, or Donation) on a single receipt.

To iterate, a "shoeboxed" function would be great where we JUST capture receipts via the camera. The next step would be associating those receipts, through manual or machine learning, to the actual transaction/splits.  It would be imperative that I could see the receipts in the Web and the App. 

I am just starting my trial, and I would really like this feature. I am leaning towards YNAB instead of quickbooks, because I do not need all of the bells and whistles of quickbooks. I am a small business owner, and need a way to keep receipts for audits and organization. If everything is all in one place, I'm much more likely to keep up with it. 

It would be awesome to keep a pic of the receipt along with the transaction - for returns, for insurance, for warranties and not have to have a separate app for that - I have enough apps on my phone.🙂

Forwarding an email receipt and having YNAB auto-enter it would be golden. Then I could just auto-forward receipts from Amazon! Today I often forget to enter an amazon purchase and then have to go back into my amazon account later to figure out how to categorize it.

Expensify does receipt scanning. It's pretty slow but helpful.

I'd like this just because I loose receipts easily and if I need to obtain a copy for something like a return or exchange this could be much easier than having a separate receipts app.

Hi Todd, I purchased a tablet. They told me that it is two year under warranty if I bring the device with its receipt. I am holding on the hard copy at the moment. If I had a chance to take a pic of the receipt and upload on YNAB with its transaction, it would make my life way easier. I believe it is a crucial feature for finance software. 

I would utilize receipt images to make categorizing my husband's transactions easier. The hubby uses the YNAB app to enter his transactions as he does them, but he relies on me to manage where our money is going and keeping everything categorized correctly. He uses the category balances as his guidelines and just makes sure not to overspend any of them. If I could look up all his receipts quickly, it would be easier for me to make any adjustments to his categorization and add any necessary splits. 

Transactions from the bank aren’t at the right granularity, for example a £100 a week on groceries consists of items that are necessary (groceries) and items that aren’t necessary (magazines for the kids).  By scanning receipts, you would get all the information on grocery transactions.

It would be nice for categorization at a later time to have a direct relationship between the transaction and a receipt, especially for retailers that we visit frequently, and for different purposes.  Some of what we buy is tax deductible, some isn't.  Some is for our home, some isn't.  Most is not reimbursable, but some is.  Would be nice to pull up a transaction and show exactly what was included in the purchase.

This wouldn't be useful for all transactions, like gas.  If it's under 10.00, it was a snack, if it was over 10.00, it was likely fuel.  We don't need a receipt to determine this.

I use Expensify for receipt scanning and I can also use it to submit reimbursable things to the people who need to reimburse them. If Evernote doesn't work for you, it's another good option. 

Hi, my husband has a small business and we need to keep the recites for tax purposes. It would be easier just to have it all in one place. Recites for business spending and for income. Also when I spend money for work I need to keep track of the recites. Also if you need to return something if I can take a picture of the recite as the transaction happens then I will for sure have it if I need to return and exchange something. Also if you have OCR with the recites which most business expense report apps have now then I wouldn’t have to spend time recoding so much info I just take a picture of the recite and you can pull the date vendor how much etc. 

I would likely only use it for large purchases and reimbursement categories such as "Professional Expenses" since my hospital reimburses providers at the end of the year for certain expenses. Currently, I just use separate Google drive folders allocated for my job and important receipts, warranties, agreements, etc to.