Accounting

Expense Tracking

Automated Business Expense Tracking API

Manual expense tracking creates delays and errors. Fiskil automatically imports and categorizes business expenses from bank accounts, enabling real-time expense monitoring and simplified tax reporting.

Manual Expense Tracking is Slow and Error-Prone

Businesses struggle to track expenses manually, leading to missing receipts, categorization errors, and delayed reporting.

  • Employees forget to submit expense receipts

  • Manual expense categorization is time-consuming

  • No real-time visibility into business spending

  • Difficult to track expenses across multiple accounts and cards

  • Tax time requires scrambling to categorize expenses

Real-Time Automated Expense Tracking

Automatically import and categorize business expenses from bank accounts and corporate cards for real-time tracking.

Automatic Expense Import

Import all business transactions automatically from bank accounts and credit cards.

Intelligent Categorization

AI-powered categorization into tax-deductible expense categories.

GST Detection

Automatically identify GST-inclusive expenses and calculate GST amounts.

Receipt Matching

Match transactions to receipt photos for complete expense documentation.

How to Implement Expense Tracking

Add automated expense tracking to your accounting or expense management platform.

1

Connect Business Accounts

Connect business bank accounts and corporate credit cards through CDR consent.

2

Import Transactions

Automatically import all transactions with merchant details and amounts.

3

Categorize Expenses

API automatically categorizes expenses into tax-deductible categories with GST detection.

4

Generate Reports

Generate expense reports by category, time period, or employee for analysis.

Key Features

Tax Category Mapping

Expenses automatically mapped to ATO tax categories for easy BAS and tax return preparation.

GST Calculation

Automatic GST amount calculation for GST-registered businesses.

Employee Expense Tracking

Track expenses by employee when multiple cards are connected.

Vendor Analysis

Analyze spending by vendor to identify cost-saving opportunities.

Budget Tracking

Compare actual expenses to budgets with real-time alerts for overages.

Export to Accounting

Export categorized expenses to Xero, MYOB, or other accounting systems.

Real-World Examples

SMB Expense Management

A small business uses automated expense tracking to monitor spending in real-time.

Result: Identified $18k in unnecessary subscriptions and reduced operating expenses by 12%.

Professional Services Firm

A consulting firm tracks project expenses automatically for client billing.

Result: Billing accuracy improved by 40%, recovering $45k in previously unbilled expenses.

Franchise Management

A franchise operator tracks expenses across 12 locations from one dashboard.

Result: Centralized expense tracking enabled cross-location cost comparisons, saving $85k annually.

Technical Specifications

API Endpoints

  • GET /accounts/{accountId}/expenses
  • GET /expenses/by-category
  • POST /expenses/categorize
  • GET /expenses/gst-summary

Data Types

  • Expense transactions

  • Expense categories

  • GST amounts

  • Merchant names

  • Expense dates

  • Employee assignments

Authentication

OAuth 2.0 / CDR consent

Real-Time Data

Yes

Frequently Asked Questions

All standard ATO tax deduction categories plus customizable categories for your business needs.

Yes, aggregate expenses from multiple bank accounts and credit cards into unified tracking.

The API identifies GST-inclusive transactions and calculates GST amounts using standard 10% rate.

Yes, you can tag expenses with project, client, or cost center codes for detailed tracking.

Yes, categorized expenses can be exported to Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, and other systems.

Cash expenses can be manually added to supplement automatically tracked card/bank expenses.

Yes, you can implement approval workflows where expenses are reviewed before categorization is finalised.

Ready to Get Started?

Join hundreds of companies using Fiskil to power their accounting applications. Get started today with our developer-friendly API.

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Automated Business Expense Tracking API | Fiskil | 2026