Receipt Generator

A receipt is a written acknowledgment that money or goods have been received. Receipts typically include: seller information (business name, address, contact), transaction details (date, receipt number), itemized list of goods or services with prices, subtotal, applicable taxes (sales tax, VAT), and total amount paid.



This receipt generator creates receipts using a form-based interface where you input all transaction details, then renders them as a printable HTML document. The rendering uses CSS print styles to produce clean, professional-looking receipts when printed or saved as PDF via the browser's print-to-PDF functionality.



Tax calculations are performed automatically based on the entered tax rate percentage. Receipt numbers can be auto-generated with a timestamp-based sequential number or manually specified. The output is designed to look like a standard retail or service receipt, suitable for informal business transactions, expense documentation, or replacement receipt creation.

1. Small Business and Freelance Billing
Independent contractors, market vendors, and small service providers use receipt generators to provide customers with professional documentation of transactions. Having a receipt generator bookmarked lets businesses quickly create receipts during or after transactions without specialized billing software.



2. Replacement Receipt Creation
Lost receipts can be regenerated from bank statements or memory for expense reporting or warranty claims. While not a scan of the original, a generated receipt with correct details serves many practical purposes for personal expense documentation.



3. Expense Report Documentation
Business travelers who lose receipts for eligible expenses can generate documentation from credit card statement details. Generated receipts with accurate amounts, dates, and vendor information serve as supporting documentation for expense reports in many organizations.



4. Testing Receipt Systems
Developers testing point-of-sale software, receipt printing systems, and expense tracking applications use receipt generators to create test data with realistic formatting and calculation checks, without requiring actual transactions.



5. Educational and Training Purposes
Accounting students and business training programs use receipt generators to create example transactions for exercises in bookkeeping, expense tracking, and financial recording without using real business transactions.

• Include a receipt number for every transaction: Receipt numbers are critical for record-keeping and dispute resolution. Use a sequential numbering system (date + sequential number) to maintain organized records.



• Save PDFs for your records: After generating a receipt, use the browser's Print → Save as PDF feature to create a digital archive. Maintain a folder of receipt PDFs organized by date or client for easy reference.



• Check tax rate accuracy: Tax rates vary by location and product category. Verify the applicable sales tax rate for your location and product type before including it in receipts.



• Use for appropriate purposes only: Receipt generators create documentation for legitimate purposes. Generating false receipts for fraudulent expense claims, tax fraud, or consumer deception is illegal and unethical.