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Encrypt tax documents locally — receipts, returns, and P&Ls
Tax documents are the paperwork you have to keep for years and never want to leak. Elba lets you seal a decade of receipts, returns, and P&Ls in a single folder that sits on your own disk, unreadable to anyone without the password.
A folder per tax year
Create one Elba vault per year. Drop in scans, statements, and the final return. The folder syncs safely to any cloud drive for backup — the bytes are already sealed.
When your accountant needs a file
Unlock the year you need, export the specific document, send it through your usual channel, and re-lock the folder. The rest of the archive never left its box.
Questions people actually ask
- Is this compliant with tax record-keeping rules?
- Elba stores the files; retention policies (7 years in most jurisdictions) still apply to you. Encryption doesn't change what you must keep.
- Can I share one document without unlocking everything?
- Yes — export the one file you need, then close the vault.
Take the island
Elba is one HTML file. It runs locally in a Chromium browser, seals a folder with AES-256-GCM, never phones home, and becomes open source on 1 January 2030.
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