How to Get Your Lyft Receipt for an Expense Report

Every Lyft ride keeps a receipt

Lyft stores a receipt for every ride you take, so you rarely have to ask for one, you just have to find it. The receipt itemizes the fare, service and airport fees, any tip, the route, and the card charged, which is everything an expense report needs. Here is how to pull it, resend it, and make future business rides automatic.

Method 1: Ride History in the Lyft app

The fastest route is right in the app.

1. Open the Lyft app and tap the menu.
2. Tap Ride History.
3. Select the ride you need.
4. View the itemized receipt, then choose the option to email it to yourself.

Tip: If a fare is still finalizing right after a ride (for example while a tip window is open), give it a bit before pulling the final receipt.

Method 2: Ride history on the web

You do not need the app to get a receipt.

1. Go to ride.lyft.com in a browser and sign in.
2. Open your ride history.
3. Select the ride and open the receipt to view or resend it.

This is handy on a laptop when you are assembling an expense report.

Method 3: Turn on a business profile for automatic receipts

For work rides, let Lyft do the sending.

1. In the app, add a business profile or a work email under your account settings.
2. Choose your business profile when you request a work ride.
3. Lyft emails the receipt automatically and can keep work rides separate.

This is the closest Lyft gets to hands-off expensing on its own.

Keeping business rides expense-ready

A Lyft receipt is already itemized, so the main thing is separating business rides from personal ones and adding a purpose. A business profile helps by tagging work rides as you go. Rides are small and frequent, which is exactly the kind of expense that slips through, so it helps to fold them into how you keep track of business expenses rather than reconstructing them at tax time. If you also use other rideshares, the same approach covers your Uber receipt.

Lyft receipt not working? Try this

• Ride not in your history? Make sure you are signed into the account that took the ride, since a work and personal account can differ.
• Fare looks off? A pending authorization can differ from the final fare; the receipt shows the final charge once it settles.
• No email receipt? Add or confirm your email, or set up a business profile so receipts send automatically.
• Need many receipts at once? Pull them from ride.lyft.com on a laptop, which is easier than scrolling the app.
• Tip added later? The receipt updates after the tip posts, so re-open it to get the final total.

The faster way: let Mylo grab every receipt automatically

Scrolling Ride History and emailing yourself each receipt is the slow way, and rides pile up fast, a few a week that are easy to forget by month end. Mylo does it for you: it works quietly in the background, scanning your inboxes and signing into the accounts where receipts hide, pulling the itemized version, and matching each one to the card charge that paid for it. No new card and no manual entry. Mylo works on top of the Visa, Mastercard, or Amex you already use, tracks your loyalty points, and syncs clean, categorized expenses to QuickBooks. Free for individuals on iOS, Android, and the web; teams are $9/user/mo (30-day free trial).

Sources: Lyft Help Center and ride.lyft.com. Exact steps can vary by app version and region.