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Product notes and practical guides for connecting purchase sources, cleaning up review queues, and keeping reports ready for tax time.

Tutorials

Set up two-factor authentication

4 min read

Add authenticator-app 2FA to your account in about two minutes — scan the QR code, store your recovery codes safely, and know exactly what happens if you ever lose your phone.

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Use the Upload tab in Tidy Orders

5 min read

Drop screenshots, snap a receipt photo, paste from your clipboard, or import a multi-page PDF statement — the Upload tab reads them all and routes the line items into your queue.

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Track business mileage with Tidy Orders

6 min read

Log one-off drives, save recurring routes for one-tap entry, or let Google Maps calculate the distance — with the IRS standard mileage rate snapshotted onto every trip.

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Connect your bank with Plaid

7 min read

How the Plaid connection actually works, what data Tidy Orders reads (and what we deliberately ignore), and how to safely link a bank or credit card in under a minute.

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Connect Amazon Business to Tidy Orders

6 min read

Authorize once and let Amazon Business orders flow into the review queue every two days, with line items, seller names, and order states matched against your bank and email receipts.

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Set up Gmail receipt forwarding for Tidy Orders

8 min read

Copy your unique inbound address, test with one receipt, then use targeted Gmail filters so purchase confirmations arrive automatically without forwarding every personal email.

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Coming next

  • Connecting Stripe payouts and fees
  • Syncing QuickBooks Online as a destination
  • Forwarding receipts from Outlook and iCloud Mail
  • Choosing which bank and credit card accounts to sync
  • Using vendor defaults to speed up review
  • Preparing a year-end Schedule C export