For tradies on wages
Scan receipts.Get it done.
Take a photo of the docket. DashDocket reads it and files it under the right work-expense category, ready for tax time.
Free while it's being tested. Runs on your phone.
The problem
Receipts don't survive the ute.
You buy gear all year. By June half the receipts are faded, lost, or buried in your email.
Faded dockets
Thermal paper on a hot dash. By tax time you can't read it.
Warranty claims
The grinder packs it in at month ten. No receipt, no replacement.
Tax time
A shoebox, a calculator and a Saturday you won't get back.
All over the place
Glovebox, tool bag, inbox, camera roll.
The small stuff
Gloves, blades, bits, the ticket renewal. It adds up, and it's the first to go missing.
Out of pocket
Paid for site gear yourself? Without the receipt, getting it back off the boss is hard work.
Built by a tradie, for tradies
Why I built it
I'm a chippy and site supervisor. My receipts used to live on the dash, in the door pocket and in the bottom of the tool bag.
Come tax time I'd be going through the ute trying to piece the year together. More than once a tool died under warranty and I couldn't claim it, because the receipt was gone.
The apps I tried were set up for business owners and bookkeepers. I just wanted somewhere to put my receipts. So I built DashDocket.
Martin, carpenter
How it works
Snap it. Check it. Done.
Takes about as long as paying for the gear.
Snap it
Take a photo at the counter, or upload the PDF from your email. You can do a stack at once.
Check it
It reads the supplier, date, total and each item, and picks a category. Give it a once-over and save.
Done
It's filed by ATO work-expense category, with totals by myTax label when you need them.
What it does
Does the boring bit for you.
Reads the receipt
No typing. A long hardware docket gets split into each item.
ATO work-expense categories
Tools, PPE, phone, union fees, tickets and training, sorted the way the tax return asks for them.
Work-use percentage
Phone half work, half personal? Set 25, 50, 75 or 100% and only the work part counts.
Tools over $300
Kept separate, with the cost spread over the years the tool lasts, the way the ATO wants it.
Face ID
Log in with your face or fingerprint. No password to remember on site.
Your copy, any time
Download a spreadsheet and every receipt photo whenever you want.
How I use it
No system needed
Three habits. That's all it takes.
- At the counter
Photo of the docket before it goes in the ute.
- Friday smoko
Go through anything waiting to be checked. A couple of minutes.
- End of the financial year
Download the summary and send it to the tax agent.
Privacy
Your receipts stay yours
- Only you can see your receipts.
- Stored in Australia.
- Never sold, never used for ads.
- Not connected to the ATO or myGov.
- Download it all, or delete it all, whenever you like.
Price
Free while it's being tested
A small group of tradies are using it now. If it ever costs money, you'll be told the price first, and nothing is charged unless you sign up for it.
On the way
- Tool register: serial numbers and warranties in one place.
- Licences and tickets: a reminder before your white card or licence runs out.
- Vehicle logbook: work trips logged on your phone.
- Expense claims: send a receipt to the boss in one go.
- iPhone and Android apps: for now it runs in your phone's browser.
Testing
Want to try it?
Put your details in and I'll send you an invite.