Guide

How to find Xero transactions without receipts

We could not find a standard Xero report that lists transactions with no attachment. You can check screen by screen, use a report from another app, or connect a read-only tool that checks a whole period.

Option 1: check in Xero

Xero users report two places that help:

• The Bills screen shows an attachment count for each bill.
• The Review reconciled page shows the number of attachments for each transaction.

Users on Xero's forum say these screens are hard to filter or print for a whole year. For a short period, they work.

Option 2: use your receipt app

If you use Dext, its Missing Paperwork report covers about 100 of the latest transactions from the past 6 months. That suits a monthly check. An audit can reach further back.

Option 3: check a whole period for free

GrabReceipts connects to Xero with read-only access. You choose the period. It shows how many approved or paid bills and spend transactions have no attachment, and the five largest, so you can start where the money is.

Then you can attach the receipts in Xero and check again for free.

Questions

Does Xero have a report for transactions with no attachment?

Not that we could find when this page was written. Users on Xero's product ideas forum say the same, and Xero may add one.

What counts as without a receipt?

In GrabReceipts, an approved or paid bill or spend transaction with no attachment in Xero.

Does a clean result mean my records are right?

No. It shows whether a transaction has an attachment. It can't tell if the file is the right receipt.

Does the check change anything in Xero?

No. It only requests read access, and the check is free.

Sources: Xero's public product ideas forum and Dext help. Last checked November 2026. Both may change.