Export receipt rows in Defra's template column order
Skiplog has a Receipts export screen at /returns/receipts, next to the quarterly return, where you pick a date range and download your receipt rows in the column order Defra's template expects. It is built so the loads you already wrote up at the weighbridge come out in Defra's shape, instead of being typed into their spreadsheet a second time.
The same load, written out twice
From 1 October 2026 a permitted receiving site in England has to report the waste it takes in to Defra's receipt of waste service, and one of the routes Defra offers is to fill in its spreadsheet and upload it. The guidance also puts a clock on each load: the record goes in within two working days of the waste arriving.
The information is not the hard part. By the time the lorry pulls off the weighbridge, the yard already knows the waste, the codes, the weight, who brought it, the vehicle and the time it came in. What costs the afternoon is the shape. Defra's template wants its own fields, with its own headings, in its own order. A yard that keeps its records anywhere else, on a pad, in a diary, in a spreadsheet of its own making, has to sit down and move that information across column by column.
That work has two bad habits. It is slow, so it gets left until the end of the week, and the two working days have usually gone. And it is manual, so a column drifts out of order or a heading gets edited, the upload has to be put right, and the correcting comes out of the same window.
How the receipts export is built to work
- Open Receipts, beside the quarterly return
The export screen lives at /returns/receipts, next to the quarterly EA return, so the two reporting jobs sit in the same corner of the app rather than in two different habits.
- Pick the days you need to report
You choose the date range, not a fixed quarter. That matches how the deadline actually lands: yesterday's loads, this morning's loads, the weekend you are catching up on.
- The rows come off the notes you already wrote
Receipt rows are built from the transfer notes recorded for that range, so nothing is typed a second time and the file says what the register says.
- Export the file in Defra's column order
The download carries the receipt of waste fields in the order Defra's template asks for, so you are not rearranging headings before you can upload.
- Upload it to Defra's service yourself
The file goes into your own account on Defra's service, signed in as your yard. Skiplog prepares the rows; the submission stays with you.
What that changes on a Monday morning
A ticket is handled once
The load is written up when the skip tips. The receipts export is the same record in Defra's columns, not a retyping job waiting in the office.
Defra's order, not yours
The columns come out in the order the template expects, so there is no judgement call about which field goes where before you upload.
A date range that fits the clock
Because you pick the days, you can export at the pace the two working days demand instead of waiting for a quarter to close.
One screen next to the quarterly return
Receipts and the quarterly EA return sit side by side, so the person doing the paperwork has one place to look rather than two systems.
The upload stays in your account
Skiplog hands you a file. You sign into Defra's service and upload it, which keeps the submission, and the record of it, with the yard.
By hand against the receipts export
| The job | Typing into Defra's spreadsheet | Exporting from Skiplog |
|---|---|---|
| Getting the load's details | Read back off the ticket or the diary | Already on the transfer note |
| Matching Defra's columns | Done by eye, row by row | Built into the export |
| Choosing what goes in this upload | Whatever is on the desk | The date range you pick |
| Submitting to Defra | You upload the spreadsheet | You upload the exported file |
What this screen is not
It is worth being plain about the edges of it.
- It does not submit on your behalf. The file is yours to upload to Defra's service in your own account.
- It is not a guarantee of compliance. Skiplog is built to help a yard meet what the rules ask for; it cannot promise an outcome that depends on your own data and on a template Defra can change.
- It does not replace the quarterly EA return. Receipts reporting and the quarterly return are two separate jobs, which is why the two screens sit next to each other rather than becoming one.
- It is only as right as the note. A receipt row carries what was recorded for that load, so the time to catch a wrong weight or a wrong code is at the weighbridge, not at the upload.
Skiplog is in build ahead of the mandate, so there are no customer stories to show you yet. What we can tell you is the shape of the work it is built around: a yard of one to twenty people, no compliance clerk, a tablet in the cabin and a deadline counted in working days.
Receipts rows are in both plans
Annual, £1,188 a year
The same product for £99 a month, billed once a year, for yards that plan a season ahead. One site, unlimited transfer notes, unlimited registrations tracked, and receipt of waste rows ready for Defra's spreadsheet for your yard to upload. 60-day free trial.
Monthly, £129 a month
The same product paid month by month, cancel whenever you like. Same receipts export, same quarterly EA return CSV, same 60-day free trial.
Questions
Where is the receipts export in Skiplog?
At /returns/receipts, next to the quarterly return screen. You pick a date range there and download the receipt rows for the loads recorded in it.
Does the file match Defra's template?
The export is built to put the receipt fields in the column order Defra's template asks for, so you are not moving headings around before you upload.
Does Skiplog report to Defra for me?
No. Skiplog produces the rows and you upload them in your own account on Defra's receipt of waste service. We make no claim to submit on your behalf.
Is Skiplog a Defra approved provider?
We do not claim any approval or listing. GOV.UK publishes its own list of software providers for the service; Skiplog is built for the spreadsheet route, where the file is prepared here and uploaded by you.
How long have I got to report a load?
Defra's guidance on reporting receipt of waste sets the window at two working days from receiving the waste. Check the guidance for your own circumstances, because it is the service's rule, not ours.
Can I export just yesterday's loads?
Yes. The screen takes a date range rather than a fixed quarter, so you can export the days you still have to report.
Does this replace my quarterly EA return?
No. They are separate submissions. The quarterly EA return has its own export in Skiplog, which is why the receipts screen sits beside it instead of inside it.
What does the receipts export cost?
It is included in both plans: Annual at £1,188 a year, which is £99 a month billed once, and Monthly at £129 a month. Both come with a 60-day free trial.