Does the IRS Accept Digital Receipts? What the Rules Require
Digital tax records can be acceptable, but a photo alone is not enough. Learn IRS rules for legibility, evidence, retention, and the limited $75 exception.
Guides and essays by the team building the ScanLens document scanner for iPhone. No fluff, no affiliate lists — just the thinking behind the product.
Digital tax records can be acceptable, but a photo alone is not enough. Learn IRS rules for legibility, evidence, retention, and the limited $75 exception.
A conservative keep-or-scan framework for identity, legal, property, tax, and family records, with current US government sources.
Choose an iPhone, flatbed, copy stand, or document feeder by document type, preservation value, geometry, speed, and required output.
Build a maintainable document system with an inbox, stable names, clear folders, retention decisions, 3-2-1 backups, and restore tests.
A daily, weekly, monthly, and year-end receipt workflow grounded in IRS recordkeeping guidance and designed around reconciliation and recovery.
A source-based review of CamScanner: the 2019 Android incident, current App Store privacy disclosures, what is known, and what is not.
E-signatures are generally recognized, but validity depends on intent, consent, formalities, evidence, document type, and governing law.
Capture useful copies of old photographs with an iPhone, avoid glare and damage, record front-and-back context, and know when to use a flatbed or specialist.
A source-based US recordkeeping checklist for Schedule C income, expenses, assets, vehicle use, travel, meals, home office, and supporting documents.
A staged paperless-office plan covering triage, scanning, quality checks, original retention, naming, backup, secure disposal, and recovery.
Compare local and server-side OCR by data path, offline behavior, latency, accuracy, document structure, retention, and vendor controls.
A current, task-based comparison of Apple Notes, Preview, Markup, and a dedicated iPhone scanner app without invented usage percentages.