Tips For Organizing Your Record Keeping
To be sure that you are prepared for tax time or in the event of an audit, it is vital that you effectively manage and maintain your tax records. Every year at the end of the year, I take a look at how I have been keeping track of my business income and expenses for tax purposes.
In fact, I perform a personal audit by reviewing my bank statements, check books and reviewing the receipts that I have filed away in my records.
According to the Internal Revenue Service, after you file your tax return you will have many records that may help document items on tax return. Moreover, you will need these documents in the event your return is selected for examination. Here are Four easy ways to manage your record keeping:
1. Use manila folders or 3-ring binders to keep track of business expense and tax records for the current year. Be sure to create a folder for: income, business expenses, payroll, quarterly tax returns, Business loans,etc.
2. Store a way all old tax and personnel records and keep them for up to 10 years.
3. Store all personnel and records with sensitive information such as; social security numbers in a locked file cabinet.
4. Get a back-up system and invest in a computerized bookkeeping software to keep track of your income and Business expenses.
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At the end of every year, I begin to prepare childcare totals for each family. Then in January, I send home a statement for each family that indicates the amount of childcare expenses paid to me for the previous calendar year. In fact, I believe it is vital that you issue childcare tax statements in a timely manner (preferably by January 31st), so that parents can file their child care expenses on their tax return. A tax statement does not have to be a fancy document. However, it must contain the following information for tax purposes:
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