article thumbnail

How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

Family Balance Sheet

Are your financial documents piled up in the corner of your office or under your desk? So much is done electronically now, but there are documents where a paper copy is needed. This final number will help to lower your capital gains tax. A few years ago, I was just filing papers in my cabinet, but not purging along the way.

article thumbnail

12 Awesome Apps To Use With Home Business Taxes

Coupons Do Work

It is that time again, for Taxes and with more and more people having their own companies, or running their business from the home, there are TONS of Apps to help you prepare your taxes! Here are the 12 best ones to help you track expenses, prepare your taxes AND manage your books. Tax portal. Accounting and tax help.

Taxes 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

3 Simple Office Supplies for Smooth Tax Prep

Family Balance Sheet

We have our 2011 tax meeting this week with our accountant. We own an S corporation and have a few employees, so we have a CPA prepare our taxes every year. Honestly, he is worth his weight in gold; the tax rules make my head spin. In all honesty, tax season goes fairly smoothly for us. Are you prepared for tax season?

article thumbnail

How Do You Organize Paperwork, Both Online and Off?

Family Balance Sheet

Today, I'm answering a question posed to me by BlogHer's Life Well Lived Campaign, "how do you organize paperwork, both online and off?". I have written before about how I organize our offline paperwork: My Binder System for Organizing My Office and My Life. How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents. Baby steps.

Organic 138
article thumbnail

Free Downloads: Tax Organization Check Lists

For the Mommas

If you are like most people, taxes are not your favorite thing! Sometimes getting the tax documents organized is worse than the actual tax preparation. You can download this free Tax Organization Check List to make sure you have all your documents in order. Click to Visit Saving Everyday. _.

Taxes 59
article thumbnail

Tips for Preparing and Filing Your Income Tax

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Guest Post Author Bio: Manny Davis is a tax professional and writer for Back Taxes Help , a site that provides individuals with tax tips, news, guidance, IRS tax help , and more throughout the entire year. It is income tax time yet again, the season of dread for so many people. Get Informed of Tax Changes.

Taxes 113
article thumbnail

How I Organize My Paper Files and Filing Cabinet

Family Balance Sheet

Instead I've kept the cabinet organized and up to date. During that process, I researched and reported back to you how long you should keep your financial documents. I've organized all of our major categories and then I use sub-files within each cateogry. Major Category: Taxes - I have a sub-file for each year.

Paper 147