How to get copies of your Facebook receipts

Using Facebook ads is a popular way to market your business. Being relatively new to creating paid Facebook ads, I do find that a lot of my time and energy is spent on coming up with the marketing material and then navigating my way around Facebook Ads Manager (Arghh, so many decisions. So much time spent going around in circles).

Adelaide bookkeeping Festival Bookkeeping — How you feel when you’ve finally finished creating your Facebook ad campaign!

And then the fee gets deducted from your bank account. If you’re a Xero user, you’ll see the charge come up automatically in your bank feed the next day and know what you’ve been charged and when. So now you need to take care of the bookkeeping side of things as well.

As an Australian business owner we know that we need copies of receipts in order to keep the tax office (and therefore our bookkeeper) happy. We do know that, right? Oh good.

So here are the steps needed to download a receipt for your Facebook ad:

Go to your business Facebook page.
Click on the Ad Centre drop-down arrow on the left side-bar
Click on ALL ADS
Click on the blue ADS MANAGER in centre of screen
Click on 3 Bars under the Home icon
Click on BILLINGS (suggest you bookmark this page for easy access)
Change the date range in the top right corner, to include the date of the receipt that you’re looking for. Click Update
Under the “Action” heading, click on the Download button next to the receipt you want
Save to an appropriate folder in your computer.
Bonus points if you attach the PDF to your transaction within Xero.

OR, alternatively, if you’re more familiar with Business Suite:

Go to your business Facebook page.
Click on BUSINESS SUITE on the left-hand side
Select ALL TOOLS
Hover over the black sidebar to the left to view all the options
Click on MORE TOOLS
Under MANAGE select BILLING (suggest you bookmark this page for easy access)
Change the date range in the top right corner, to include the date of the receipt that you’re looking for. Click Update
Under the “Action” heading, click on the Download button next to the receipt you want
Save to an appropriate folder in your computer.
Bonus points if you attach the PDF to your transaction within Xero.

If you’re unsure whether you’ve provided Facebook with your ABN, look for it in the bottom right-hand corner of your Receipt.

Happy bookkeeping….

Sarina

Festival Bookkeeping are Xero bookkeeping specialists located in Adelaide, South Australia. We have happy clients Australia-wide that are succeeding and growing in business, while we take care of the books.

About the author.

Sarina Abbott is the owner of Festival Bookkeeping. She’s a registered BAS Agent and Xero adviser who has previously worked in the legal and conveyancing industry, as well as for a registered training organisation. She lives in Adelaide, South Australia with her husband and 2 sons.

You can find out more about Festival Bookkeeping here.