Xero
Email receipts into Xero
Forward any email or attachment straight to Xero in seconds, without leaving your inbox. It works with every email provider, and there is nothing to install or set up.
Skyline Cabs
Your receipt - ride SC-88213
skyline-receipt-88213.pdf
Your instructions
Log this receipt, coded to travel.
Xero
Draft a £42.50 bill
Travel / Draft
Xero
Attach skyline-receipt-88213.pdf
The draft bill
You receive a confirmation email once complete, with an undo button that works for 24 hours.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Forward the receipt to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "log this receipt, coded to travel".
The spend is drafted in Xero, coded to the category in your instructions, with the receipt attached straight from the email. It waits as a draft: nothing posts to your accounts until you approve it in Xero.
You receive a confirmation email containing your Xero link, plus an undo button if something doesn't look right.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an AI email assistant that turns email into action in 144+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
144+ apps
Works across the apps you already use, with more added every month.
Setup in seconds
Nothing to install and no workflows to build. Sign up, forward an email, and it runs.
Secure & private
ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and the email is deleted within 24 hours of the work being done.
Try it with a real email.
Forward any email to the address below to see what ForwardThis can do. No signup required.
Occasional product emails may follow.
FAQs
- How do I email receipts into Xero?
- Forward the receipt to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "log this receipt, coded to travel". ForwardThis drafts it in Xero, coded to the right category with the receipt attached, and replies to confirm with a link. The first time, you will need a free ForwardThis account with Xero connected. It takes about 30 seconds.
- Isn't this the same as emailing an invoice to Xero?
- The job is different. An invoice records money you still owe, with a due date, so it shows in your payables. A receipt records spending that already happened, coded to the right category so your reports come out right. ForwardThis handles both; this page is the receipts job.
- How does a receipt get recorded in Xero?
- As a draft bill for the amount, dated when you paid, with the receipt file attached. That is how Xero records this kind of spend, and ForwardThis keeps it a draft: nothing is approved, issued or paid until you do it yourself in Xero.
- Can it read the amount off the receipt PDF?
- No. ForwardThis reads your email, not the inside of the attachment. Most receipt emails carry the amount in the message and that is what gets used; if it only appears in the file, put it in your message when you forward. The receipt itself is attached to the draft.
- What if it drafts the wrong thing?
- The confirmation email includes an undo that works for 24 hours, which deletes the draft. Nothing had been posted to your accounts in the first place, so there is nothing to correct after the fact.
- Does it work with Outlook and other email apps?
- Yes. ForwardThis works with any email provider: Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and everything else. If it can forward an email, it works.
- What happens to my email afterwards?
- It gets deleted. ForwardThis holds your email briefly in case you press undo, then removes it completely. Nothing is stored long term.