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    If you are PDA-less, then there are several options.

    1) store a pad of paper in your glove box with several pens

    2) get one of those pads you can stick to your dashboard

    3) log it in your day planner or calendar that you carry around with you.

    Tax Categories to file under: (these are taken from the IRS Schedule C form, choose the ones you use)

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    How many of you have a shoebox of receipts that you go through at the end of every year? Do you pay an accountant to go through those receipts for you? You already know how important it is to keep track of those receipts and take each and every deduction you can. Below are some tricks that I use so that when tax time comes, I don't spend hours getting ready to do my taxes or have to pay someone to organize FOR me. My hope is to make your "tax life" a little less stressful.

    Organizing receipts throughout the year:

    1) Get a plastic expanding file folder with 10-20 pockets and self-labeling tabs in it ($9.00-$15.00 @ Staples)

    2) Make sure it is easy for YOU to open and close. Most have an elastic band that is easy to use.

    3) Create tabs for each tax category that you will have receipts for (see list of possible categories below)

    4) Put the file folder in a place where you'll see it and use it!!

    5) Whenever you take receipts out of your pocket, wallet, purse etc... place it in the appropriate pocket in your file.

    6) At the end of the year, you have two choices.

    a) put all receipts in corresponding manilla folders and place into a tax box

    b) bundle each pocket with a rubber band or paper clip. label them with sticky notes and put them in the last 2 or 3 empty pockets.

    If you REALLY want to be organized:

    1) Create a spreadsheet to track all of those receipts

    2) Every time you get a receipt enter the amount, description and tax category into your spreadsheet.

    3) Then file the receipt away

    4) At the end of the year, you can print out your spreadsheet and put it with the bundled or filed receipts.

    5) If you have a PDA, there is a software program called QuickOffice, that I highly recommend. You can take any MS Excel or MS Word document with you on your palm (some PDA's come with a similar program).What about that pesky mileage report?

    Do you have a PDA? There are many different software programs you can download. Go to http://www.handango.com and type in "Mileage" for your search. There are programs starting at $5.00.

    If you are PDA-less, then there are several options.

    1) store a pad of paper in your glove box with several pens

    2) get one of those pads you can stick to your dashboard

    3) log it in your day planner or calendar that you carry around with you.

    Tax Categories to file under: (these are taken from the IRS Schedule C form, choose the ones you use)

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    r:

    1) Get a plastic expanding file folder with 10-20 pockets and self-labeling tabs in it ($9.00-$15.00 @ Staples)

    2) Make sure it is easy for YOU to open and close. Most have an elastic band that is easy to use.

    3) Create tabs for each tax category that you will have receipts for (see list of possible categories below)

    4) Put the file folder in a place where you'll see it and use it!!

    5) Whenever you take receipts out of your pocket, wallet, purse etc... place it in the appropriate pocket in your file.

    6) At the end of the year, you have two choices.

    a) put all receipts in corresponding manilla folders and place into a tax box

    b) bundle each pocket with a rubber band or paper clip. label them with sticky notes and put them in the last 2 or 3 empty pockets.

    If you REALLY want to be organized:

    1) Create a spreadsheet to track all of those receipts

    2) Every time you get a receipt enter the amount, description and tax category into your spreadsheet.

    3) Then file the receipt away

    4) At the end of the year, you can print out your spreadsheet and put it with the bundled or filed receipts.

    5) If you have a PDA, there is a software program called QuickOffice, that I highly recommend. You can take any MS Excel or MS Word document with you on your palm (some PDA's come with a similar program).What about that pesky mileage report?

    Do you have a PDA? There are many different software programs you can download. Go to http://www.handango.com and type in "Mileage" for your search. There are programs starting at $5.00.

    If you are PDA-less, then there are several options.

    1) store a pad of paper in your glove box with several pens

    2) get one of those pads you can stick to your dashboard

    3) log it in your day planner or calendar that you carry around with you.

    Tax Categories to file under: (these are taken from the IRS Schedule C form, choose the ones you use)

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    ocket in your file.

    6) At the end of the year, you have two choices.

    a) put all receipts in corresponding manilla folders and place into a tax box

    b) bundle each pocket with a rubber band or paper clip. label them with sticky notes and put them in the last 2 or 3 empty pockets.

    If you REALLY want to be organized:

    1) Create a spreadsheet to track all of those receipts

    2) Every time you get a receipt enter the amount, description and tax category into your spreadsheet.

    3) Then file the receipt away

    4) At the end of the year, you can print out your spreadsheet and put it with the bundled or filed receipts.

    5) If you have a PDA, there is a software program called QuickOffice, that I highly recommend. You can take any MS Excel or MS Word document with you on your palm (some PDA's come with a similar program).What about that pesky mileage report?

    Do you have a PDA? There are many different software programs you can download. Go to http://www.handango.com and type in "Mileage" for your search. There are programs starting at $5.00.

    If you are PDA-less, then there are several options.

    1) store a pad of paper in your glove box with several pens

    2) get one of those pads you can stick to your dashboard

    3) log it in your day planner or calendar that you carry around with you.

    Tax Categories to file under: (these are taken from the IRS Schedule C form, choose the ones you use)

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    dsheet.

    3) Then file the receipt away

    4) At the end of the year, you can print out your spreadsheet and put it with the bundled or filed receipts.

    5) If you have a PDA, there is a software program called QuickOffice, that I highly recommend. You can take any MS Excel or MS Word document with you on your palm (some PDA's come with a similar program).What about that pesky mileage report?

    Do you have a PDA? There are many different software programs you can download. Go to http://www.handango.com and type in "Mileage" for your search. There are programs starting at $5.00.

    If you are PDA-less, then there are several options.

    1) store a pad of paper in your glove box with several pens

    2) get one of those pads you can stick to your dashboard

    3) log it in your day planner or calendar that you carry around with you.

    Tax Categories to file under: (these are taken from the IRS Schedule C form, choose the ones you use)

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    andango.com and type in "Mileage" for your search. There are programs starting at $5.00.

    If you are PDA-less, then there are several options.

    1) store a pad of paper in your glove box with several pens

    2) get one of those pads you can stick to your dashboard

    3) log it in your day planner or calendar that you carry around with you.

    Tax Categories to file under: (these are taken from the IRS Schedule C form, choose the ones you use)

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    Commissions and Fees (you know all those Coaching Associations you belong to)
    Contract Labor
    Depletion
    Depreciation (most electronics get depreciated)
    Insurance
    Interest
    Legal and Professional Services
    Office Expenses
    Pension and Profit Sharing Plans
    Property Rental or Leasing
    Equipment Repairs and/or Maintenance
    Supplies
    Taxes and Licenses
    Travel
    Utilities
    Other

    For more information on these categories go here http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sc.pdf. Starting on page 3 you'll see the EXPENSES information. The actual form is at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sc.pdf

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