ReceiptShelf

Receipt photo archiving and tax prep for solo operators and micro-businesses

Problem

Small business owners and solo operators snap hundreds of receipt photos, but they end up as a messy camera roll with fading thermal paper. At tax time, their bookkeeper wastes hours asking 'what is this?'—painful for both sides. Existing tools are either too heavy or not tailored to solo tax prep.

Solution

A lightweight mobile app: auto-crop and enhance receipt photos, AI extracts merchant, amount, date, and category, auto-archives by month, and generates CSV and PDF bundles ready for the bookkeeper. Supports multi-device sync and simple expense rules.

Users

Solo operators, mobile mechanics, home cleaners, and other micro-service business owners, plus their part-time bookkeepers.

MVP

Capture or import receipts; auto OCR for key fields; manual correction UI; archive by month/category; one-click export CSV + image bundle for bookkeeper.

Revenue

$9.99/month or $79/year subscription with unlimited receipts and exports; affiliate commission for bookkeeper referrals.

Why now

AI OCR costs have dropped sharply, phone cameras are better, and small business owners genuinely need and will pay for tax automation—big tech ignores this niche.