Privacy Policy
Last updated 31 July 2026
Tally Tax (“Tally”, “we”, “us”) helps you track work-related expenses for your Australian tax return. This policy explains what we collect, how we use it, how it’s protected, and the choices you have. We handle personal information in line with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
What we collect
Account details: your email address and authentication information.
Tax-profile answers you choose to give us, such as your occupation, employment type, and yes/no eligibility questions.
The receipts you scan and the records you create, including images, merchant names, amounts, dates, categories, work-from-home hours, donations, income records, and vehicle trips.
If you use the logbook, precise device location while you actively track a trip. We store suburb-level start and end points, times, and distance rather than your full route or exact GPS coordinates.
Feature-usage events associated with your account identifier (for example, that a receipt was scanned or an expense confirmed) so we can understand and improve the app. These events never include receipt images, merchant names, scanned text, financial amounts, coordinates, or tax-question text.
A random account identifier and purchase status used to manage Tally Plus subscriptions. Apple handles payment details; we never see or store your card information.
How we use your information
To provide the core service: storing your receipts and expenses, suggesting categories and deductibility, and calculating your tax-readiness and estimates.
To keep your account secure and to operate, maintain, and improve the app.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use your receipts or financial figures for advertising.
How your receipts are stored
Receipt images and expense data are stored in secure cloud infrastructure provided by Supabase and are linked only to your account.
Your data is protected by row-level security, meaning no other user can access it. You can delete any receipt at any time, which removes the image from storage.
AI and automated processing
When you scan a receipt, on-device text recognition reads the text and a rules-based engine suggests a category and whether the expense may be deductible. These are suggestions only — you review and confirm everything.
We do not send your receipt images, merchant names, or financial figures to third-party AI services.
Camera and photos
Tally only accesses your camera or photo library when you choose to scan or upload a receipt. Photos stay on your device until you tap save. We never browse your library in the background.
Location and the logbook
If you use the logbook, Tally uses precise location only while you are actively tracking a trip to calculate distance travelled. We store suburb-level start and end points, times, and the calculated distance — never your full route or exact GPS coordinates.
Tally does not use location for advertising. You classify each trip yourself and can delete trips from the app.
Analytics
We use PostHog to understand which features are used and improve the product. Analytics events are associated with your account identifier but never contain receipt images, merchant names, scanned text, financial amounts, coordinates, or tax-question text.
We do not use analytics for advertising or to track you across other companies’ apps or websites.
Subscriptions
Tally Plus subscriptions are processed by Apple and managed through RevenueCat. We share a random account identifier and purchase status with RevenueCat so your subscription remains available across your devices.
Apple handles payment details. We never see or store your card information.
Third parties
We use Supabase for authentication, database, and file storage. Your data may be processed on their infrastructure to deliver the service.
We use PostHog for product analytics and RevenueCat to manage subscriptions, as described above. Apple processes App Store purchases.
We do not sell personal information, use it for third-party advertising, or share it with data brokers. We otherwise disclose personal information only where needed to provide Tally or where required by law.
Data retention
We keep your information for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, your personal data and stored receipts are permanently removed.
Your rights
You can export a full copy of your data, or permanently delete your account and all associated data, at any time from Profile → Data & Privacy inside the app.
You may also request access to or correction of your personal information by contacting us.
Children
Tally is not directed at children and is intended for users of working age who lodge Australian tax returns.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the “last updated” date at the top of this page.
Contact
Questions about your privacy? Email support@tallytax.app.