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portman on March 12, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask YC/HN: What's a problem, any problem, you'd li...

YMMV, but here's what I do:

If it's a personal expense (90% of my purchases) I immediately throw the receipt away.

If it's a business expense, I take a picture on my cellphone, tag it in Evernote, and throw the receipt away. This used to take me about 3 minutes (awkward) but now I can do it while I'm walking, so it adds no time burden to my day.

Receipts of any kind are obsolete, IMHO.

arethuza on March 12, 2010 [–]

I don't fancy facing auditors or the taxman with a picture of a bit of paper.

portman on March 15, 2010 | [–]

Actually, thermal receipts fade over time (often as quickly as 18 months) so a picture is much stronger documentary evidence.

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