Home Cost Basis Calculator
Real-Time Tracking of Your Home's Cost Basis
Receipt Vault’s AI-powered cost-basis calculator automatically captures and categorizes all your home-related expenses. From the day you close on your property, Receipt Vault helps you identify potential deductions each tax year while simultaneously maintaining a real-time, running tally of your capital improvement costs for any future sale.
Smart Receipt Organization
Automatically categorizes home improvement expenses for accurate cost tracking.
Real-Time Value Updates
Instantly see your home’s total investment with every receipt added.
Tax-Ready Documentation
Export organized records for capital gains calculations when selling.
Automated Categorization for Home Expenses
Our proprietary AI-powered home cost basis calculator automatically sorts receipts into tax-relevant categories, while also allowing you to tag transactions to specific folders for each home project or life event. Whether it's a new roof, HVAC upgrade, or full kitchen renovation, every expense is properly classified for maximum tax benefits when you sell your property.
Project-Based Tracking
Create dedicated folders for each home improvement project to monitor costs and stay within budget. Track contractor payments, material purchases, and permit fees in one organized location. Perfect for managing multiple renovations or tracking expenses across rental properties.
Never Miss a Home Expense Again
With multiple ways of capturing your home-related transactions, Receipt Vault helps provide you with ultimate peace of mind about your home's cost basis. Through seamless integration with your email, all digital transactions such as larger invoices to your contractor and wire will automatically flow into your Vault. And for those paper or hand-written receipts from gardening, roofing, and other local service providers, simply snap a photo and Receipt Vault's OCR scanning takes care of the rest!
Comprehensive Spending Analytics
View detailed breakdowns of your home investment over time with visual charts and reports. Track spending trends, compare costs across projects, and identify areas where your home value could benefit from capital improvements.
Start Calculating Your Home's Cost Basis in a Few Clicks
Never lose track of another home improvement expense. Try Receipt Vault’s home cost basis calculator free for 30 days and see exactly how much you’ve invested in your property.
Complete Home Investment Management
Receipt Vault transforms how homeowners and property investors track their real estate investments, providing the most comprehensive home cost basis calculator available.
Automatic Gmail/Outlook integration for instant receipt capture
Mobile app for scanning paper receipts anywhere
Smart search to find any receipt in seconds
Automatic categorization and custom folder organization for projects and important life events
Return window tracking with calendar reminders
Real-time cost basis calculator for property expenses, capital improvements, and additional annual tax deductions
Spending analytics dashboard for financial insights
One-click exports for bookkeeping, tax season, expense reporting, and more
Multi-user access for teams and families
Secure cloud storage with bank-level encryption
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Frequently Asked Questions
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