Capture and email inIn OptiTax
Every way a slip, invoice or document gets in: WhatsApp, email, upload and staff.
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Send slips by WhatsApp
Photograph a slip and send it. It is read, sorted and on your dashboard in seconds.
Open the toolOdometer photo or typed km reading
Send a photo of the odometer or just type the reading for your logbook.
Open the toolYour own email address for slips
Ask for "my email address" and get one to send or forward receipts to.
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- Send slips by WhatsAppPhotograph a slip and send it. It is read, sorted and on your dashboard in seconds.
- Upload photos and PDFs on the webDrop slips, invoices and statements into your dashboard from a computer.
- Your own email address for slipsAsk for "my email address" and get one to send or forward receipts to.Say my email address
- Forward receipts by emailAn emailed receipt is filed exactly like a slip sent on WhatsApp.
- Gmail auto-forward in two stepsSet Gmail to forward receipts by itself. The confirmation code comes to you on WhatsApp.
- Outlook and Microsoft 365 forwarding ruleA step by step rule guide, with a note you can hand to your IT person.
- Connect your Outlook mailbox (read only)Invoices in your mailbox are found and filed automatically.
- Invoice and receipt in one email, counted onceWhen a supplier sends both, you are not charged twice in your books.
- No double counting across email and WhatsAppThe same purchase sent both ways is flagged and only counted once.
- Same slip photographed twice, counted onceSend a better photo of the same slip and it replaces the first.
- Email privacy logOnly receipts are kept from your mailbox, with a "what we have read" log you can delete.
- Staff send slips to the businessYour team send their slips from their own phones and they land on the business file.
- Long slips in two photos, joined into oneA slip too long for one photo is sent in two and joined automatically.
- Say what a slip was for in the captionWrite "client meeting" or "personal" on the photo and it is filed that way.
- Odometer photo or typed km readingSend a photo of the odometer or just type the reading for your logbook.
- FICA documents kept and sent back on requestID, proof of address and similar documents stored, and sent back when you ask.
- Store payslips and IRP5sKeep every payslip and IRP5 in one place, with the figures read for your return.
- Help with a blurry photoTells you how to retake a slip that did not come out clearly.Say my photo came out blurry
- Notes sent while a slip is reading still applySend "this was for work" straight after the photo and it is applied once the read finishes.
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Frequently asked questions
What does OptiTax do for capture and email in?
Every way a slip, invoice or document gets in: WhatsApp, email, upload and staff. It includes send slips by whatsapp, upload photos and pdfs on the web, your own email address for slips, forward receipts by email, gmail auto-forward in two steps, and 15 more listed on this page.
Do I need an app?
No. OptiTax works on WhatsApp, with a web dashboard for the detail.
Does OptiTax submit my return to SARS?
No. OptiTax prepares and organises your records and figures. You or your registered tax practitioner submit to SARS.
Other features
Reading slips and documents
24Categorising and tax rules
7VAT
17Bank and reconciliation
10Exports and accounting links
18Tax return preparation
17Business and SME
21Voice and WhatsApp
7Search and slips
10Calendar, lists and email
18Bill split
14Lifestyle extras
13Account and security
14For accountants
3Pricing and plans
Try it on a slip in your wallet
Free to start. Nothing to download. OptiTax works in the WhatsApp you already have.
OptiTax prepares and organises; you or your registered tax practitioner submit to SARS. All features

