Filed under: Macworld, Hardware
NEAT Receipts for Mac shown at Macworld
The personal-organizer scanner space on the Mac has been fairly quiet since the departure of the Visioneer PaperPort from the platform (we miss you, guys!), but one of the leading new vendors is coming over to the Mac -- NEAT Receipts for Mac is here at the show and will be shipping later this year. NR's slim scanner an
d software bundle lets you scan and organize all your paper receipts on your computer, keeping records for expense/business and tax purposes without the clutter and mess.The final pricing and availability for NR Mac isn't published yet, but what I heard at the booth is $180/$80 (with the scanner hardware or software only) shipping in Q2; you can use the software in standalone or watched-folder mode with most other Mac-compatible scanners. If you've got an envelope full of paper records that need the scanning treatment, check it out.
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artifex said 7:24PM on 1-18-2008
I got Receipt Wallet from a MacZot special a long time ago. Seems to do the trick. What special features does NR have? $80 sounds a heck of a lot for just the software, as RW's website says theirs goes for $30.
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Bert & Erny said 8:38PM on 1-18-2008
Hey all these are going for like 50 bucks at the compusa stores that are closing around the state. I know in my town there stacked very high and NOT selling that good
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WW said 8:56PM on 1-18-2008
15$ in Europe! Same brand....
Some days I'm glad to be on this side of the Atlantic...
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Kevin said 1:11AM on 1-19-2008
I've got NeatReceipts for the PC and it's pretty slick. I can take all my receipts, have it scan them in, recognize the vendor and amount, categorize them, export to my own customized Excel expense report (with all images attached) and send it to my clients with an invoice. What used to take make an hour and a half now takes 10 minutes. That being said, for $80, I'll just keep the PC version which is working just fine...
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artifex said 10:56AM on 1-19-2008
Wait, are you saying it automatically figures out the vendor and amount, by using OCR or something? Or do you still manually type that in per receipt?
eric f. said 10:39AM on 1-19-2008
The big question is... If you get audited, is the IRS going to accept the scanned versions of all your receipts?
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DJCarbon43 said 3:00PM on 1-19-2008
Ohh Yeah!!!! Thats whats up. Go Merz!!!! ^_^
Philly represent!
@Eric f. : Thats a really good question. They had better allow it. My father hates the fact that he can't get his original checks back (canceled) from the banks. They just send him facimilies, and destroy the original even though he's asked that he be given the originals back. So if the banks are allowed to get away with it my guess is that we'd be allowed to. I don't know if there is any precedent yet for this sort of thing, but if they tried to give you a hard time about it, it would definitely be something to fight them on....dunno if that really answers your question, but there it is ;)
Kevin said 5:47PM on 1-19-2008
Yes - digitized versions of receipts are completely acceptable for IRS purposes. We only keep digital copies at work these days.
eric f. said 6:26PM on 1-19-2008
In that case, I need this now.
Kevin said 5:47PM on 1-19-2008
Yes - it uses OCR to recognize the vendor, amount, and date. If it's a vendor it doesn't know, you type the name in and it recognizes it from then on out (like the next time you have a receipt from that vendor). It also re-orients the receipt so everything is face up in the expense report. It works really well as long as the receipt isn't super faded. Oh - it also gives you the ability to annotate each receipt (like who you took to dinner, location, etc.) and prints the comments as notes for each receipt.
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Steven said 12:11PM on 1-22-2008
Totally in a different class, but I swear by my Fujitsu ScanSnap: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16838115035
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