Today is April 15th, the end of another hectic tax season.  I finished my taxes last month, but have to admit that it took an entire weekend to get all of my receipts, documents and other information organized and totaled up.  Swimming in a sea of paperwork is absolutely no fun at all and it's so easy to make a mistake once it comes to itemizing the numerous deductions most of us take on our taxes.

Every year, I vow to be more organized so that next year's taxes won't be such a chore, but I've never really found a great way to do so.  That is, until I discovered the brand new document scanning system from The Neat Company.  Keep reading to learn more about the one tool that will simplify your tax preparation once and for all!

NeatReceipts is the best-selling mobile scanner and Digital Filing System that efficiently minimizes your paper trail.  Scan receipts, business cards, and documents on the go while the software automatically identifies, extracts, and organizes key information.  Neat brings scanned documents to life, using Intelligent Text Recognition technology to read and understand key information, then automatically organizes what it sees. The resulting digital files are useful and usable – easy to find, easy to access, and easy to share.

SCANNER SPECS:

• Lightweight, portable scanner
• Scans in color, greyscale, or B&W CIS
• 600 dpi maximum resolution
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) + Intelligent Text Recognition (ITR)
• Speed: approximately 3-4 receipts per minute
• Scanning Range: 1” x 1” to 8.5” x 30”
• Scanner Dimensions: 10.8”W x 1.6”D x 1.3”H
• Weight: 10.6 oz
• USB powered, no external power supply needed
• Factory calibrated
• Image capture support for scanning into other imaging applications

NEAT SOFTWARE SPECS:

For Windows:

• Images can be saved in JPEG, PDF, and other popular formats
• Data can be sent to Excel^®, Outlook, Quicken^®, QuickBooks^®, TurboTax^®, and more
• Reads U.S. and Canadian receipts and business cards

For Mac:

• Images can be saved in JPEG, PDF, and other popular formats
• Data can be exported to Excel^®, Quicken^®, TurboTax^®, and Mac Address Book
• Reads U.S. and Canadian receipts and business cards

NeatReceipts is slim, lightweight and fits easily into your briefcase, bag, or carry-on.  It doesn’t require AC power either... just plug its USB cable into your computer and you're all set.  This device reads and extracts the information from whatever you scan.  Receipts become digital records with vendors and amounts, business cards become digital contacts, and documents become fully keyword searchable.  Just think, now you have a quick, easy and convenient way to total up all of those pesky tax receipts with 100% accuracy!

The best part is that NeatReceipts is fully compatible with a myriad of top software programs.  Create tax or expense reports with your receipt data, or export to Excel^®, Quicken^®, or TurboTax^®.  Sync your contacts with Outlook^® or Address Book.  Find what you need with a keyword, and organize it however you like.

Scared that you might lose all of those valuable files once they've been scanned in?  Never fear with NeatCloud!  NeatReceipts comes with a free 30-day trial of NeatCloud, which allows you to sync and back up your Neat files, and access them anywhere with your browser or mobile device.  So as you can see, NeatReceipts is the quick, easy and convenient essential for tax preparation.  I can't guarantee that preparing my taxes next year will be fun, but with NeatReceipts, it just might come close!  :clap:

Disclosure:  I received the NeatReceipts Portable Scanner from The Neat Company in order to facilitate my review. No other compensation was received. This product review is based on my own personal experiences with this item and is completely honest and objective.