Bank statement conversion for tax preparation
Tax work runs on totals, and totals need every transaction of the year in one place. When the source is twelve PDFs, the first hour of the job is data entry rather than tax.
Convert a statement for tax season
Drop your PDF statement here
or click to browse · 10MB max · nothing is stored
Building the year
Convert each month, verify the closing balance, then stack the twelve files into one sheet with a month column. From there, deduction totals are a single SUMIF away instead of an afternoon of scrolling.
Categories that matter at filing
Most schedules need the same handful of buckets, and they are all keyword-filterable in a converted sheet:
- Vehicle and fuel, kept separate from general travel
- Software and subscriptions, which quietly grow year on year
- Professional fees, insurance and bank charges
- Owner draws and transfers, which are not expenses at all
Substantiation
A total on a return needs support behind it. Keep the original PDFs alongside the working spreadsheet, since the statement is the document a revenue authority will ask for, not the CSV you built from it.
Missing months
Chain the closing balance of each month to the opening balance of the next. Any break is a missing statement, and finding it in February is far better than being asked for it in an audit two years later.
Frequently asked questions
+Will this categorise transactions for me?
It extracts the transactions accurately. Categorisation is a filter and sort exercise in your spreadsheet or accounting software.
+How many years back can I convert?
Any statement you still hold, regardless of age or whether the account is closed.
+Can my accountant use the same file?
Yes, a clean CSV is exactly what they would otherwise spend billable time producing.