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FNS receipt scanner

Don't type a purchase in by hand — point your phone's camera at the QR code on a till receipt. Svodly requests the data from Russia's Federal Tax Service and fills in the transaction: the amount, date, seller and the full list of purchased items. The line items and receipt details are then visible right in the transaction card — on your phone, on the web and on desktop. And if the receipt is already saved as a picture or a PDF — just attach the file to a transaction, and Svodly offers to pull the purchased items from the FNS by itself.

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What you get

With the camera, a receipt is scanned on the phone only. But recognising a QR code from an attached file works on the computer and on the web too — see “Receipt from an attachment” below. An imported receipt syncs to the cloud, and its line items can be opened in the transaction on any device.

How to scan a receipt on your phone

  1. Open a new transaction — the large + button in the centre of the bottom tab bar.
  2. Tap Scan FNS receipt next to the amount field.
  3. Point the camera at the QR code — it's usually at the bottom of the till receipt, next to the FN / FD / FPD details.
  4. Svodly requests the receipt from the FNS and within a couple of seconds fills in the amount, date and purchased items.
  5. Pick an account and category, add a note if you like — and save the transaction.
Scanning is available on the phone only
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Point your phone camera at the QR code. On the web and on desktop you can open and view an already imported receipt — it appears right in the transaction card (below).
Phone: “+” → “Scan FNS receipt” → point the camera at the till receipt QR → Svodly pulls the items and seller from the FNS and fills in the transaction.
Phone: “+” → “Scan FNS receipt” → point the camera at the till receipt QR → Svodly pulls the items and seller from the FNS and fills in the transaction.

Receipt from an attachment: attach a file and the QR code is found for you

You don't have to catch the receipt with the camera at the moment of purchase. An electronic receipt arrives by email as a PDF, a paper one is often photographed already — just attach that file to a transaction. If it carries a fiscal QR code, Svodly asks — “A receipt QR code has been detected”: “Request the purchased items and the seller from the FNS? The file stays attached to the transaction either way.” Two buttons: Not needed and Request from the FNS.

This works both when creating a transaction and when editing a saved one. On the computer and on the web both pictures and PDFs are read — the pages are parsed right on your device, and nothing leaves it except the QR string itself, and only with your consent; the file can be picked in the file dialog or dragged in with the mouse. On the phone, pictures are read (PDFs are not).

Attachments are added one at a time — so a QR code that is found always belongs unambiguously to the file you have just added.

We only ask about a fiscal QR code. Links to the shop's website, SBP payment codes and promo coupons on the same receipt are filtered out — the question will not pop up on every other picture.

The question also appears without a connected Svodly Cloud — but it says honestly that the cloud is needed for recognition (the request to the FNS goes through it) and offers to connect it. If you don't need the cloud, this particular variant has a Don't remind me again checkbox: it is remembered on the device. Connect the cloud later and the question comes back.

Computer and web: drag a photo (or PDF) of a receipt into a transaction → “A receipt QR code has been detected…” → “Request” → items, seller and details land in the form, and the attachment stays put.
Phone: attach a photo of a receipt to a transaction → the app finds the fiscal QR code and offers to pull the purchased items from the FNS.

Sharing a file from another app

On the phone there is an even shorter path. A file — a receipt photo from the gallery, a screenshot from a messenger, a PDF from email — can be sent to Svodly through the system “Share” without opening the app.

  1. In the app holding the file (Gallery / Photos, a messenger, email, a browser) tap Share.
  2. Pick Svodly in the list of apps.
  3. A new transaction form opens with the file already among its attachments.
  4. If a fiscal QR code is found on it, the app offers to pull the purchased items from the FNS. If none is found, the file simply stays attached — which is useful in itself.
  5. Pick an account and category — and save.

Any file is accepted, not just a picture. It works both when the app is already open and when it starts from scratch.

On the computer, drag-and-drop plays the role of “Share”: drop a file anywhere on the window and a new transaction opens with it attached.
Phone: “Share” in any app → “Svodly” → a new transaction opens with the file attached; if a QR code is found, an offer to pull the receipt from the FNS.
Phone: “Share” in any app → “Svodly” → a new transaction opens with the file attached; if a QR code is found, an offer to pull the receipt from the FNS.

Viewing a receipt inside a transaction

Open the transaction the receipt is linked to — its card shows an “FNS receipt” block with the seller, tax ID (INN) and date. Tap Receipt items to expand the full list of goods with quantity, price and total, and at the bottom — the fiscal details (FN, FD, FPD) and the total. This works on any device where the book is open.

Desktop and web: click a transaction → the “FNS receipt” block → “Receipt items” expands all lines with prices, the seller tax ID (INN) and the fiscal details.
On the phone the receipt items expand inside the transaction card via the same “FNS receipt” block.
On the phone the receipt items expand inside the transaction card via the same “FNS receipt” block.

Splitting a receipt across categories

A supermarket receipt usually holds several categories at once: groceries, household chemicals, wine, cat food. Previously the whole amount fell into the single category of the transaction. Now a scanned receipt has Split receipt — every line item can be given its own category.

  1. Open the transaction with the receipt. On the computer and on the web press Split receipt in the receipt card — a window with the line items opens. On the phone expand the “Receipt items” card and press Split by category under the list — a sheet opens.
  2. Every line item has a category chip. By default it says “Same as the transaction”.
  3. Tap the chip on the line you need and pick a category.
  4. Press Done and save the transaction.
There are no amounts to type in, and no remainder to balance. The parts are calculated from the line items themselves, and everything you did not touch stays in the transaction's category. A “the remainder doesn't add up” state simply does not exist here.

The receipt stays one transaction — nothing falls apart into several rows. In the journal it gets a +N marker for the number of extra categories. Analytics, however, counts the parts honestly: the “Analytics” donut, “Spending by category” on the Summary and budgets file every line item under its own category. A category filter finds such a receipt even when the category lives only in one of its parts.

The split syncs between devices together with the transaction. It works both when creating a transaction and when editing a saved one — in personal books, where the receipt scanner lives.

Computer and web: “Split receipt” → category chips on the line items (“Same as the transaction” by default) → give the alcohol its own category → “Done”. The transaction gets a “+1” marker in the journal.
Phone: “Split receipt” inside the “Receipt items” card; a sheet of line items, a category chip on every row, and “Done” returns you to the transaction form.

Duplicates

The same receipt can't be added twice: Svodly recognises it by its fiscal details (FN + FD + FPD) and warns you if such a receipt is already in the book. The check runs on the device — the cloud never sees what your purchases contain.

If a receipt isn't found

What accumulated receipts give you

Scanned receipts are not just a convenient way to enter data. Their line items feed the “Receipt purchases” section in analytics: what you buy most often, at what price, how that price moves month to month and how much your own basket got pricier. The more receipts there are, the longer the price history of every item.

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