How to get a copy of any receipt

One guide per merchant: the fastest way to pull an old receipt or invoice, how far back that merchant actually keeps them, and the line the purchase belongs on at tax time in Canada (CRA) and the United States (IRS). Coverage is still small and growing, so if the merchant you need is not here yet, it is on the list.

Retrieval steps change without notice. Each page records where the facts were checked and when.

Retail

• Amazon

  How to get your Amazon receipt

  Amazon's Order History help page describes viewing orders from the past six months or by year; we found no published cut-off for older orders on Amazon's own pages, so do not rely on one.

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• Apple

  How to find your Apple receipt

  Apple publishes no retention window.

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• Costco

  How to get your Costco receipt

  Two years online in six-month windows, then the membership counter (Canada stops at 10 years)

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• Home Depot

  How to get your Home Depot receipt

  90 days for an in-store lookup on a check, credit or debit purchase; 365 days on a Home Depot Consumer Credit Card, Commercial Revolving Charge or Commercial Account; up to 2 years in Pro Xtra Purc...

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• Walmart

  How to get your Walmart receipt

  Walmart adds in-store purchases made with cards saved to your account, including purchases made with saved cards in the last 12 months; it publishes no date range for the card-based receipt lookup...

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General guidance, not tax advice. Confirm your own situation with a qualified tax professional before you file.