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Japan Money Tracker

Organize your money for Japanese tax filing.

Filing taxes in Japan as a freelancer or expat is a nightmare of scattered receipts, mixed currencies, and categories you can't read. Japan Money Tracker uses AI to parse your receipts, track your transactions in 確定申告-ready categories, and keep everything organized so filing day isn't chaos.

Free to use. Runs in your browser. Your data stays local.

How it works

Three ways in. One organized output.

01

Scan receipts

Point your phone camera at a receipt. Copy the text via Live Text or Google Lens. Paste it into the app. Claude extracts everything.

02

Import statements

Drop bank PDFs or CSVs. The app classifies each transaction into the right Japanese tax category automatically.

03

Export for filing

Download a clean CSV with every field your accountant or e-Tax needs. Or sync to Airtable for collaborative review.

Features

Built for the realities of Japan.

AI receipt parsing

Paste OCR text from your phone camera (iOS Live Text or Google Lens) and Claude extracts dates, amounts, vendors, tax categories, and consumption tax rates.

Receipt image import

Upload receipt photos for organized storage. Supports multi-image OCR for batch processing.

Bank statement processing

Import bank PDFs and CSVs — Japanese and USD-denominated — with automatic transaction classification.

Multi-currency support

JPY and USD transactions with historical exchange rate conversion. Rates fetched automatically by date.

Japanese tax categories

25 pre-configured expense and income categories specific to 確定申告: 旅費交通費, 消耗品費, 通信費, and more.

Consumption tax tracking

Handles both 8% reduced rate and 10% standard rate for accurate deduction calculations.

Airtable sync

One-click batch sync to Airtable for backup and spreadsheet-style access to your data.

Google Drive integration

Upload and organize receipt photos via phone scanner mode. Files sorted into year/month folders.

Vendor rules engine

Create rules to auto-categorize future transactions by vendor or keyword. Learns your patterns.

CSV export

UTF-8 export with BOM for Excel compatibility. 26+ columns covering every field you need for filing.

Phone scanner mode

Dedicated mobile UI for receipt capture — add to home screen, snap a photo, it goes straight to your Drive inbox.

Dashboard

Income, expenses, deductible totals at a glance. Monthly bar charts and expense trends by category.

Privacy

Your financial data stays yours.

All transaction data lives in your browser's local storage. Receipt text is sent to Claude for parsing (and nowhere else). No analytics, no tracking pixels, no backend database. You own your data completely.