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The past few months have been a challenge for me to say the least. I’ve spent some time away from this website to focus on some other endeavors and am very happy with the direction my life is taking. I really enjoy organizing and love to help people get their stuff in order and I want you to know how much I appreciate your support and will make a solid effort to keep giving you useful tips.

How is your year going so far? Are you staying caught up on your business and personal paperwork? Have you been filing weekly and keeping up on your bookkeeping? If you haven’t had the time or inclination to do paperwork, what are you waiting for?

It’s only April 1 and if you set aside some time each week you can get caught up and stay up to date with that dreaded paperwork. One easy time saver when keeping records (you know, the ones the IRS might want to see) is to purchase an accounting program. I use Quickbooks for my personal bookkeeping as well as my business bookkeeping. The nice thing about Quickbooks and many similar programs is that you only have to buy them once then you can set up as many personal and business accounts as you need.

I would like to give you a push or maybe a shove to get the first quarter of the year’s paperwork in order. This may take you an hour or a day but you don’t have time to wait. Tax time is right around the corner and next year is coming at you faster than you can imagine. Take an hour this week and see how far you can get with balancing your checkbook, categorizing your first quarter expenditures and filing. Three months is more than enough time to have accumulated a pile of paperwork and if it isn’t filed, next years taxes may be taxing.

Your Daily 15 Minutes – Get a box or a bag and put all of your 2009 receipts in it that haven’t been logged or filed. Then take 15 minutes each day and either enter them in you accounting software or your checkbook and file them. The accounting software or even a spreadsheet will help you with categorizing your expenses so you know how much you spent on food, utilities, entertainment, etc. and gives you a solid starting point for next years taxes. If you are at a loss as to where to begin, contact me and I would be happy to help.

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