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Guides on receipts

Faded receipts, e-receipts, how long to keep them, warranty claims, shopping lists, price checks and a privacy-friendly budget book: short, honest answers with sources.

Guide · Thermal paper Faded Receipt: What to Do and How to Prove a Purchase Why thermal-paper receipts fade, what you can still save, and how to prove a purchase without a readable receipt. Guide · Scanning How to Scan a Receipt: Tips for Crumpled, Faded and Long Receipts With good light, a flat receipt and the right format, an app can read even difficult receipts cleanly. Guide · Comparison Looking for a Bonsy Alternative? Receipt Apps in Germany Compared Bonstructer, Bonsy, epap and wunderbon side by side – and what Bonstructer adds with chat, price check and a shared notebook. Guide · Web app Receipt App in the Browser: Scan Receipts Without Downloading Anything (PWA for iPhone and Android) What a PWA is, how to add one to your iPhone or Android home screen, and what to look for in a receipt scanner that runs on the web. Guide · Privacy A Digital Budget Book With Privacy: Spending From Receipts Instead of Bank Access A budget book without a bank connection: what receipts show, what your bank account does not, and where your data goes along the way. Guide · Retention How Long Should You Keep Receipts in Germany? Private, Warranty and Tax No duty for private buyers, but good reasons to keep receipts for two years or more – and different rules for the self-employed. Guide · Digital receipts Digital receipts in Germany (eBon): how to get them and collect them in one place Where German supermarkets offer digital receipts, where they end up, and how to keep eBons from every shop in one searchable archive. Guide · Taxes Sending receipts to your tax advisor in Germany: which ones count and how Which receipts matter for your German tax return, why craftsmen's invoices need a bank transfer, and how to email a receipt to your advisor. Guide · Shopping planning Shopping list from receipts: build one from what you actually buy Your receipts show what you buy again and again. Turn them into a shopping list by hand or in chat, including Bring! export. Guide · Offers & prices Supermarket flyers vs. a price check on your own receipts What flyer apps do well, what they cannot know about your shopping, and how a price check on your own receipts complements them. Guide · Cooking & leftovers What should I cook today? Recipe ideas from your groceries How to turn what is already in your fridge into dinner, waste less food and let your receipts help you decide. Guide · Budgeting How to keep a household budget without typing in every purchase Paper, Excel, bank sync or scanning receipts: what each method does and how to analyse spending without retyping. Guide · Flatmates & Couples How to split a receipt with flatmates, a partner or friends Per item, equal split or shared basics: which method is fair when, and how to split a receipt in a few taps. Guide · Warranty & guarantee Warranty vs guarantee in Germany: how to prove you bought it Legal warranty is your right against the seller, a guarantee is a voluntary promise. What each means and how to prove the purchase.