Accessing iCloud bills via your iPhone/iPad: How does it work?
If you collect your invoices or want to claim them for professional purposes, you know it: The iCloud or various practical apps cost money. Where money is paid, you need a receipt for the tax office. Although Apple is a large corporation, it cares relatively little about what the tax office wants.
For iPhone or iPad users, Apple now offers at least a way to request the receipts again. Normally, receipts come via email. If this has been lost, one could view the transaction laboriously through an online portal. Now, it is also easier, much easier!
In the following sections, we will explain step by step how to access your iCloud invoices directly through your iPhone and save them as a PDF if needed. Whether you want to keep things organized for your tax return or for your personal accounting - it's easier than you think!
Renick Büttner
Senior Software Engineer & Certified IT-Expert · Working in IT since 2014.
How do you retrieve your iCloud bills?
Accessing your iCloud invoices is a simple task that you can do directly from your iPhone. Just follow these instructions:
1. Open the App Store app: The first step is to launch the App Store app on your iPhone.
2. Open your profile: Look for the profile button at the top right of the screen. This is typically a circular display of your profile picture or initials. Tap it to open your account settings.
3. Access purchase history: In your account menu, you will see the option "Purchase History." Tapping on this will give you a list of all purchases made with your Apple ID, including apps and especially iCloud subscriptions.
4. Select transaction: Browse the list to find the specific transaction for which you need the invoice, such as your iCloud subscription. Tap on that transaction to view more details.
5. Choose "Resend Receipt" option: You will find the option to resend the invoice via email there. Select this option. Once you receive the email with the invoice, you can easily save it as a PDF. On macOS, you can do this through Print and "Save as PDF," while Windows offers a PDF printer starting from Windows 10. This gives you a physical proof of your transaction for your records.
This receipt will then show the VAT, the amount paid, the invoice date, as well as the payment method. Whether Apple will change anything about this in the future remains to be seen. At least there is still a transitional period for e-invoices for a few more years. The email as a PDF file is, of course, not a valid e-invoice; this still falls within the transitional periods. E-invoices are still not mandatory for everyone.
