ListBelanja
Why ListBelanja?
There are many ways to keep receipts for LHDN — a shoebox, a spreadsheet, an expense app, a tax-receipt app. The table below compares each category honestly so you can decide for yourself. ListBelanja is built for one thing: every ringgit of eligible relief claimed by the whole family, with proof, without extra work.
No credit card · BM, English & 中文 · your records live in the cloud, not on one phone
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Comparison by category
| Feature | Shoebox / spreadsheet | Generic expense app | Single-platform tax-receipt app | ListBelanja |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item-by-item AI receipt scanning matched to that year's LHDN reliefs | No | No | Varies / partial | Yes |
| LHDN caps, rates & deadlines update themselves daily (including banded caps & sub-limits) | No | No | Varies / partial | Yes |
| Whole household: shared list, everyone's receipts, who-should-claim optimiser | No | Varies / partial | No | Yes |
| Married couples: joint vs separate assessment & relief split | No | No | No | Yes |
| Free public calculators without sign-up: tax, couples, PCB; relief finder | No | No | Varies / partial | Yes |
| Every device & browser — phone, tablet, computer; install without an app store | Yes | Varies / partial | No | Yes |
| 3 languages: Malay, English, Chinese | Yes | Varies / partial | Varies / partial | Yes |
| Email receipts (forward e-receipts) & the system Share menu | No | Varies / partial | Varies / partial | Yes |
| Duplicates caught; foreign-currency receipts converted at the official rate on the receipt date | No | Varies / partial | Varies / partial | Yes |
| Form BE box by box, Form B (side income) & e-Invoicing | No | No | Varies / partial | Yes |
| Proof kept for 7 years; full JSON backup; delete any time | Varies / partial | Varies / partial | Varies / partial | Yes |
| No ads, no data selling | Yes | Varies / partial | Varies / partial | Yes |
| Free to start; paid plans at one price for the whole household | Yes | Varies / partial | Varies / partial | Yes |
✓ yes · ◐ varies by app or partial · ✗ usually not
Other categories are described in general terms — every app differs; check the features of any app you consider. The ListBelanja features in this table can be tried free without sign-up (calculators, relief finder) or in try-first mode.
What is actually different
- The whole household, not one person: a shared shopping list, everyone's receipts, and an optimiser that decides who should claim which receipt so the family's combined tax is lowest — including the joint/separate comparison for married couples.
- LHDN facts that look after themselves: every relief cap, rate, rebate and deadline is read from LHDN's official site daily; banded caps (housing-loan interest, for example) and sub-limits are parsed automatically — no stale numbers waiting for an app update.
- Receipts from anywhere: camera, gallery, PDF, email (forward e-receipts) and the system Share menu — read item by item, the receipt's year sets the rules, duplicates are caught, foreign currency is converted at the official rate on the receipt date.
- Free public tools without sign-up: tax calculator, couples' calculator, PCB calculator, relief finder and deadlines — in 3 languages.
- Every device & browser: phone, tablet and computer through the browser; install as an app without an app store; data in the cloud, not locked inside one phone.
- Not only Form BE: Form B for side income (income, expenses, capital allowances, HK-4, CP500) and e-Invoicing for buyers & sellers.
- Your data: no ads, no data selling, a full JSON backup any time, delete without asking anyone.
Who is ListBelanja for?
Families who want every relief claimed by the right person; salaried employees who want to know their real refund against PCB; small traders and freelancers with Form B and e-Invoicing; and anyone who wants an honest tax calculator in their own language. If you only want to work out your tax once a year, the public calculators are enough — free and without sign-up.
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Frequently asked questions
Is ListBelanja an app-store app?
ListBelanja is a web app: open listbelanja.com in any modern browser and add it to your home screen (Android phone, iPhone, computer) without an app store. Updates arrive by themselves; your data is in the cloud, so a lost phone is not lost records.
Can I use it for free?
Yes. The calculators, relief finder and deadlines are free without sign-up; the app itself is free to start with a monthly AI scan quota. Paid plans add scans, storage, members and retention — one price for the whole household, not per person.
I already have a spreadsheet — why switch?
A spreadsheet does not read receipts, does not know that year's LHDN caps, does not catch duplicates and does not keep proof. ListBelanja fills the numbers from real receipts, applies the caps itself and fills Form BE box by box — and a full JSON backup can be downloaded any time if you ever want to go back to a spreadsheet.