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Supplier invoices are keyed in by hand

An accountant retypes every supplier invoice into 1C: it takes time, and typos creep in. Why it happens, what you can do yourself today, and how AI solves it.

01 / What it looks like

Sound familiar?

02 / Free

What you can do yourself today.

Three steps with no cost and no us. Often that alone cuts the losses noticeably.

01

One mailbox for invoices

Set up a single address that suppliers send invoices to, instead of managers' personal inboxes.

02

A clean supplier list

One counterparty, one tax ID, one record. Duplicate records in 1C cause more confusion than anything else.

03

Entry on a schedule

Enter invoices at fixed times, say twice a day, rather than one by one as they arrive. Less rush, fewer errors.

03 / The cause

Why it happens.

Invoices are keyed in by hand because every supplier has its own layout and 1C expects strictly filled fields. The accountant works as a translator between a PDF and the accounting system.

04 / The fix

How AI solves it.

An invoice arrives by email as a PDF. The accountant opens it, creates a document in 1C and retypes the supplier, number, lines, amounts and VAT. Then checks again that no digit went wrong.

Rule: the same every timeAI: reads and understands textYour employee: decidesWhat comes in and what comes out

1 · What comes in

in
01
Invoice arrives
PDF or scan by email

2 · What gets done

AI
02
AI reads the invoice
Supplier, tax ID, lines, amounts, VAT
rule
03
Rule checks
VAT, duplicates, known supplier

3 · Who decides

person
04
Accountant approves
Sees the draft and any questions

4 · What comes out

out
05
Draft in 1C
Or in an accounting table, with the PDF
Today

Today the accountant retypes every invoice

Open the email, open the PDF, create a receipt document in 1C. Retype the supplier, number, lines, amounts, VAT. Then check that no digit went wrong.

Press “Show how it works”: five steps, one at a time.

What the work looks like today
StepWho
Open the PDFaccountant
Find the supplier in 1Caccountant
Retype lines and amountsaccountant
Check VAT and duplicatesaccountant
Attach the fileaccountant
Step 1 of 5 · What comes in

The supplier sends the invoice as usual

Nothing changes for the supplier or for your mailbox. The invoice arrives where it always did.

From this moment the system takes it on by itself.

Example email
FromSupplier-1 LLCSubjectInvoice No. 2210Fileinvoice_2210.pdf
Invoice for payment No. 2210 dated 12.10.2026
Steel pipe Ø57: 40 m at ₽310.00
Coupling: 20 pcs at ₽150.00
Total excl. VAT: ₽15,400
VAT 20%: ₽3,080
To pay: ₽18,480
Step 2 of 5 · What gets done

AI reads the invoice like an accountant

It finds the supplier and tax ID, the number and date, every line, the amounts and the VAT rate. Every supplier has its own layout, and a scan works too.

A UPD or a tax invoice is read the same way.

What AI took from the invoice
FieldValue
SupplierSupplier-1 LLC, tax ID 7700000001
DocumentInvoice No. 2210, 12.10.2026
LinesPipe 40 m × ₽310, coupling 20 pcs × ₽150
VAT20%, ₽3,080
Total₽18,480
Step 3 of 5 · What gets done

Rule checks: VAT, duplicates, supplier

Simple rules work here, the same every time. Do the lines add up to the total? Is the VAT calculated correctly? Is this supplier in your list? Has this invoice been entered before?

Whatever does not add up gets a flag for a person.

Check result
✓Lines and VAT add up: 15,400 + 3,080 = ₽18,480
✓Supplier found in the list by tax ID
✓The invoice is new: this supplier has no No. 2210 yet
No contract number on the invoice: choose it by hand
Step 4 of 5 · Who decides

Your accountant decides

They get a finished draft and one question: which contract the invoice belongs to. They choose, check and approve.

The system posts nothing and pays nothing. Instead of typing, there is checking.

What the accountant sees
Draft ready · 1 question
Supplier-1 LLC, invoice No. 2210, ₽18,480 incl. VAT. No contract given: choose from the list.
ApproveCorrectReject
Step 5 of 5 · What comes out

A draft document with the PDF attached

After approval a draft receipt appears in 1C: every field filled in, the source PDF attached. The accountant posts it.

If your 1C does not accept entries from outside, the same row lands in an accounting table. Everything else works the same way.

Draft in the books
SupplierNo.DateAmountVAT
Supplier-1221012.10.2026₽18,480₽3,080

File invoice_2210.pdf attached. Status: draft, waiting to be posted

Example on made-up data: the companies, goods and prices are invented for the demo.

What this costs you now

Put in your own numbers: this is your calculation.

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This leaves out errors: a typo in an amount, a missed duplicate or an invoice booked to the wrong contract.

What always stays with a person

  • The accountant posts the document.
  • Payment stays a person's decision.
  • If AI is unsure, it asks a question and enters nothing.
What's included
  • Recognition of your invoices, UPDs and tax invoices
  • Checks for VAT, duplicates and the supplier list
  • An approval queue for the accountant
  • Writing drafts into 1C or an accounting table
  • The source PDF attached to every document
  • Staff training and a 30-day warranty
What we need from you
  • Access to the mailbox or folder invoices arrive in
  • Access to 1C or an accounting table and the counterparty list
  • An accountant who knows how you book invoices
One process automated end to end · 2–6 weeks
from ₽250,000

Not a public offer. The exact price is set after the first call. More on pricing ›

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05 / Security

Security, point by point.

  1. AI runs on Russian models — YandexGPT or GigaChat.
  2. In operation the system uses Russian models and Russian cloud — your clients' data does not go to foreign services.
  3. Access only to what the task needs. You can revoke it at any time.
  4. Every AI action is logged: you can see what it did and when.
  5. Anything that goes outside — an email, a reply to a client, a document — is approved by your employee first.
06 / Questions

Frequent questions.

Will the system post the document and pay?

No. A draft appears and the accountant posts it. Payment stays a person's decision.

Does it work with our 1C?

That depends on the version and settings. If your 1C does not accept entries from outside, the draft goes to an accounting table and is moved into 1C from there. We find out on the first call.

How much does it cost?

As one automated process: from ₽250,000, 2–6 weeks.

How is this different from a chatbot that costs a few thousand roubles?

A cheap bot answers questions, and that is all. We build AI into your work: the enquiry lands in your CRM by itself, gets an owner, and the result shows in your reports. Scope and price are fixed before we start, there is a 30-day warranty after launch, and we stay in touch.

Who owns what you set up?

You do. The data, the subscriptions, the accounts and the system itself are in your name. We host nothing and own nothing: we set everything up in your services, under your accounts, and leave. You pay for the subscriptions directly, with no mark-up from us. For the first 30 days after launch, fixes are free. After that, if anything needs fixing or extending, we come back when you ask and reply within one business day.

07 / Other problems
01

Enquiries get lost

A client wrote through the website, email or a messenger — and nobody answered.

How it's solved ›
02

Reports are built by hand

Every week someone spends half a day merging figures from five spreadsheets into one report.

How it's solved ›
03

Nobody fills in the CRM

You bought Bitrix24, but managers keep clients in a notebook and in their heads.

How it's solved ›
04

Managers don't call back

A client is waiting for a call, and the manager forgot or ran out of time.

How it's solved ›
05

Nobody answers reviews

Reviews on marketplaces and maps sit unanswered for weeks.

How it's solved ›
06

The same questions, again and again

Staff and clients ask the same things, and the same person always answers.

How it's solved ›
07

Proposals and contracts take hours

A commercial proposal is stitched together from three old files over half a day.

How it's solved ›
08

Documents are checked by hand

Invoices, acts and contracts are checked by eye, and mistakes still slip through.

How it's solved ›
09

A customer went quiet and nobody noticed

You sent a proposal, the customer never replied, and it was forgotten.

How it's solved ›
10

Supplier quotes without retyping

Suppliers send quotes as PDFs, and a manager retypes them into a spreadsheet by hand.

How it's solved ›
11

Supplier requests in minutes

A client asks for a price, and a manager writes to suppliers one by one and waits days for replies.

How it's solved ›
13

Money we forgot to collect

A deal was won but no invoice went out. An invoice is overdue and nobody noticed.

How it's solved ›
14

An automation broke and nobody noticed

The website form stopped sending enquiries, and it took a week to find out.

How it's solved ›
08 / Get in touch

Is this you? Let's talk.

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Yadukrishnan Presheed, founder

Designs and implements AI systems for companies' day-to-day operations. Author of "Thumbs Up Russia" (2023). Master's student at Siberian Federal University.