Business Expenses

Snap the receipt. Land it on the right Schedule C line.

The deduction you lose is almost never the one you decided against. It is the receipt that went through the wash, and the one you meant to file in April.

30 days free · no credit card · no account required.

Why freelancers lose expense deductions

A 1099 business has no bookkeeper and no expense policy. There is you, a phone, and a paper receipt that fades. Most missed deductions are not judgment calls about what qualifies — they are records that stopped existing.

The second failure is slower. Receipts get photographed but never sorted, so at tax time there is a folder of images and no totals. A pile of evidence is not a Schedule C.

  • ✓Paper receipts fade, and the deduction fades with them
  • ✓Photos without categories are not bookkeeping
  • ✓Sorting a year of expenses in April is when mistakes get made
Schedule C lines
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SoloDesq files each expense to an actual IRS Schedule C line rather than a made-up category, so the totals you export match the form you file.

How it works in SoloDesq

Type the expense in — description, amount, date and the Schedule C line it belongs on — or photograph the receipt when it is in your hand. The photo is optional; the typed entry is the record. If you turn on text recognition, SoloDesq reads the merchant, amount and date so you are confirming rather than typing. If you turn on AI categorization, it suggests the Schedule C line and you approve it. Both are opt-in, both need a free account because they run on Google’s servers, and the app works with neither.

  • ✓Typed entry — description, amount, date, notes and Schedule C line, no photo needed
  • ✓Optional receipt photo, stored with the expense
  • ✓Opt-in text recognition for merchant, amount and date
  • ✓Opt-in AI category suggestion, always confirmed by you
  • ✓Edit or delete any expense after the fact
  • ✓Schedule C totals CSV your accountant can open
See pricing →
What it costs
$14.99/mo
Expenses, mileage, invoicing, clients and quarterly taxes in one app. No per-receipt fee. Thirty days free first — no card, no account.

Check any line’s total, any day

The Expenses tab is one list of everything you have logged, with each receipt as a thumbnail beside its entry. Tap a Schedule C line chip and the list narrows to that line, with the total at the top recalculated to match — so you can check what you have logged on a single line any day of the year, not just in April.

Tap a thumbnail to open the receipt full screen. You can remove the photo and keep the expense. Receipt photos are stored on your phone only — if you turn on text recognition, each photo is also sent to Google Cloud Vision to be read as soon as you add it, and our servers keep no copy.

  • ✓Every expense in one list, filterable by Schedule C line
  • ✓A running total that follows whatever filter you pick
  • ✓Receipt thumbnails — tap to view full screen, remove any time
Taps to a line total
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Open the Expenses tab and tap the line’s chip. The list narrows and the total recalculates to just that line.

Expenses that feed the rest of the app

An expense logged here is not filed away on its own. It lands on your running Schedule C, moves your quarterly estimate, and shows up in the CSV at year end. That join is the reason to keep the five tools in one place rather than four apps and a spreadsheet.

Mileage behaves the same way. A logged trip becomes a deduction at the IRS rate for that trip’s date, without you re-entering anything.

  • ✓Expenses roll into your running Schedule C automatically
  • ✓Quarterly estimates update as you log
  • ✓One export covers expenses and mileage together
See mileage tracking →
Also in the same app
5 tools
Business expenses, mileage, invoicing, clients and quarterly taxes — sharing the same numbers, for one flat price.

Stop losing deductions to faded paper.

Type it in or photograph it once. SoloDesq keeps the total, the category and the year-end export.

SoloDesq is bookkeeping software, not a tax preparer or tax advisor. Category suggestions are suggestions; you confirm every one. For advice on your own return, talk to a qualified tax professional.