Do I need an account to verify a donation receipt?
No. The verification page is public — no account, no app and no sign-in.
It is designed for the donor holding the receipt, and for anyone the donor shows it to.
How it works
How donation receipt verification works
A donor holding a receipt issued through Jinseva Receipts can check it against the issuing trust’s own record in a few seconds, from the QR code on the document, without an account.
How does a donor verify a receipt?
Scan the QR code printed on the receipt. It opens a public page stating the organisation, the receipt number and date, the donor’s name, the amount and whether the receipt is still valid.
Nothing has to be installed and nobody has to sign in. The link works from any browser and keeps working for as long as the receipt exists.
The four steps
Find the QR code on the receipt
It is printed on the receipt itself, so it is on the paper copy, on the PDF and on any copy that was emailed. All of them carry the same code.
Scan it, or open the link
Any phone camera or QR reader will do; no app is needed. The link can also be typed or pasted into a browser. There is nothing to sign in to.
Read the verification page
It states the organisation that issued the receipt, its registration and 80G numbers, the receipt number and date, the donor’s name, the amount, what the donation was towards and how it was paid.
Check the status
The page says whether the receipt is still valid. A receipt that has been voided says so in those words and tells the donor not to claim it.
What the page tells you
Enough to confirm the document in your hand against the trust’s record.
- The organisation
- Name and address, PAN, registration number and 80G registration number.
- The receipt
- Number, date, financial year, and whether it is issued or voided.
- The donor
- The name as it was frozen onto the receipt, with the tax identifier masked to its last few characters — enough to match, not enough to collect.
- The donation
- Amount, what it was towards, its type, how it was paid, and whether 80G was claimed on it.
What a trust has to do to enable this
Nothing beyond issuing the receipt.
- The verification link is created the first time a receipt is sent, downloaded or printed — the first moment anybody could be holding a copy.
- Receipt designs that include the verification component print the QR code automatically; the designs supplied with the product already do.
- Voiding a receipt updates what the page says about it. Nothing has to be re-sent for the donor to find out.
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify a receipt using only its number?
No, and that is deliberate. The link needs the receipt number together with the verification token carried in the QR code.
Receipt numbers run in sequence, so a page that accepted the number alone would let anybody read a trust’s whole donor register by counting upwards. A receipt number is also unique only within one organisation and one financial year, so on its own it does not identify a receipt at all.
What if I have lost the QR code?
Ask the organisation that issued the receipt to send you a copy.
The verification link never changes for a given receipt, so any copy the trust re-sends or reprints carries the same working code as the original.
The page says the receipt could not be verified. What does that mean?
It means the link did not match a receipt the issuing organisation has on record, and the page deliberately does not say which part failed.
An unknown code, a code that does not match the printed number and a withdrawn link all produce the same answer, so the page cannot be used to work out which receipts a trust has issued. If you hold a receipt and it will not verify, contact the organisation that gave it to you.
Does a verified receipt mean my deduction is approved?
No. Verification confirms what the issuing organisation’s own record says about that receipt.
It is not an attestation by any government department. Whether a deduction is allowed depends on the trust’s registration and on your own return.
Give every donor a receipt they can check
Register your organisation and every receipt you issue carries a verification link from the first time it is sent, downloaded or printed.