Guides
How to get invoices and receipts out of PDFs, photos and paper and into your books — with the checks that catch mistakes before they reach your accounts.
Documents and workflows
- Convert invoices to Excel without typing themTurn PDF and photo invoices into Excel rows with supplier, VAT number, line items and totals — checked for math and VAT errors before you import.
- Turn receipts into an expense spreadsheetPhotograph or scan receipts and get merchant, date, VAT and total in Excel. Works with Arabic and English receipts, crumpled paper and phone photos.
- Convert PDF invoices to CSVConvert PDF invoices into clean CSV files for any accounting system or database. Totals, VAT and duplicates are checked before export.
- Get data out of scanned invoicesTurn scanned invoices and phone photos into Excel. AlFasil handles skewed scans, stamps and mixed Arabic-English text, and flags anything uncertain.
- Arabic and bilingual invoices to ExcelExtract Arabic and bilingual invoices into Excel: supplier names in Arabic, Arabic-Indic digits, Hijri dates and Gulf VAT numbers handled correctly.
- Process invoices in bulkUpload hundreds of invoices at once, as files or a ZIP. AlFasil processes them in parallel, flags problems and exports one spreadsheet.
- An invoice extraction API that checks its own workA REST API that turns invoice PDFs and images into structured JSON with VAT and math checks, duplicate detection and signed webhooks.
- Hijri dates on invoices, convertedSaudi and Gulf invoices often use Hijri dates. AlFasil converts them to Gregorian (Umm al-Qura) and keeps the printed date, so your spreadsheet sorts correctly.
Countries and tax rules
- UAE tax invoices to ExcelExtract UAE tax invoices into Excel with supplier TRN, 5% VAT, totals in AED and bilingual text. AlFasil checks the VAT math and TRN format.
- Saudi tax invoices to ExcelConvert Saudi tax invoices and simplified invoices into Excel: VAT numbers, 15% VAT, SAR totals and Hijri dates converted to Gregorian.
- Bahrain tax invoices to ExcelExtract Bahrain tax invoices into Excel with 10% VAT, three-decimal BHD amounts and bilingual text, checked for VAT and math errors.
- UK VAT invoices to ExcelExtract UK VAT invoices into Excel with supplier VAT number, VAT by rate (20%, 5%, 0%) and totals in GBP, checked for VAT and math errors.
- German invoices (Rechnungen) to ExcelExtract German invoices into Excel: USt-IdNr., VAT at 19% and 7%, comma decimals and dates handled correctly, with math and VAT checks.
- ZATCA e-invoice XML to ExcelTurn Saudi ZATCA (FATOORA) e-invoice XML files and PDF/A-3 invoices into Excel rows: exact values, no AI, QR code included, one page per invoice.
- UAE e-invoice XML to ExcelTurn UAE e-invoices in the Peppol PINT AE format into Excel rows for your books: TRNs, lines, VAT and totals read exactly from the XML, one page per invoice.
Accounting software
- Get supplier invoices into Xero fasterTurn supplier invoices into a CSV laid out for Xero's bills import, with contact, invoice number, dates, line items, account code and tax type.
- Prepare supplier invoices for QuickBooks OnlineExtract supplier invoices and export a spreadsheet laid out for QuickBooks Online bill import, or a generic CSV for expenses.
- Supplier invoices into Zoho BooksExtract supplier invoices in Arabic or English and export a file laid out for Zoho Books bill import, with vendor, bill number, dates, items and tax.