Turn a Forwarded Receipt Into a Line Item
Email a bill to your property's expenses address and Airflow does the rest — reading the supplier, amount and date, attaching the receipt, and adding it to that property's owner statement, ready for your accounting software.
How it works
When a bill or receipt comes in, forward it to your property''s expenses email address. Airflow reads the email, pulls out the supplier, amount, date and category, and files it as an expense against the right property — with the original receipt attached. It lands on that property''s owner statement automatically, deducted from the owner''s payout, and flows into the draft owner remittance Airflow prepares in your accounting software for you to review.
Every property has its own expenses address, so each cost is matched to the correct property the moment it arrives — no spreadsheets, no manual data entry, no chasing paperwork at month-end.
Key capabilities
- Forward and forget — Send a receipt to your property''s expenses address and Airflow does the data entry: supplier, amount, date and category
- Receipts attached — The original receipt is stored with the expense and viewable right on the owner statement
- Matched to the property — Each property has its own address, so costs land against the correct property automatically
- On the owner statement — Expenses appear as line items and are deducted from the owner''s net payout
- Into your accounting software — Costs flow into the draft owner remittance Airflow prepares in Xero for you to review, tagged to the property
- Foreign currency handled — A receipt in another currency is converted using the exchange rate from its date
- Only from you — Only emails forwarded from a verified address are recorded, so nothing unexpected lands on a statement
Key benefits
Why Expense Tracking matters
Forward a Receipt, That's It
Email a bill to your property's expenses address and Airflow captures the supplier, amount, date and category for you — no manual entry.
Matched to the Right Property
Every property has its own expenses address, so each cost is filed against the correct property the moment it arrives.
Straight Onto the Owner Statement
Expenses show up as line items with the receipt attached, deducted from the owner's payout and ready for their statement.
FAQ
Common questions about Expense Tracking
How do I record an expense?
Forward the receipt or bill to your property's expenses email address. Airflow reads it, captures the supplier, amount, date and category, and files it against that property with the receipt attached.
Where is the receipt kept?
The original receipt is stored with the expense and can be opened directly from the owner statement, so there is an audit trail behind every cost.
How do expenses reach the owner statement and my accounting software?
Each expense appears as a line item on that property's owner statement and is deducted from the owner's net payout. When you push the statement, the costs flow into the draft owner remittance Airflow prepares in Xero for you to review — tagged to the property.
What about a receipt in another currency?
Airflow converts it using the exchange rate from the receipt's date, so the cost is recorded in the same currency as the rest of the statement.
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