OCR for Receipts & Invoices: Auto-populate Xero fields from uploaded documents
The document upload function currently allows receipts and invoices are stored only as attachments.
Add OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology so that scanned or photographed documents automatically populate the transaction fields (date, supplier, amount, tax, reference).
Benefits for practices:
• Dramatically reduce manual data entry across client files.
• Improve accuracy and consistency – fewer typos and errors from re-keying data.
• Free up time to focus on advisory services rather than admin.
• Streamline workflows across teams working in Xero HQ, Practice Manager, and client accounts.
This is established technology already used in other platforms. Adding it natively to Xero would create a more seamless end-to-end bookkeeping process.
If this would save your practice time and improve accuracy, please vote to support it!
William Hopkins
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