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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Do Bookkeeping for a Work at Home Business
SOMETIMES A WORK AT HOME BUSINESS LOOKS GOOD!
Work at home businesses are more common now than ever, with many people needing extra income. With filing income taxes just ahead, many with a work-at-home business are finding that they have not kept records for their tax returns.
Bookkeeping for a work at home business is not difficult, and does not even take much organization, but being able to find the necessary information at tax time can save many hours of frustration.
Keeping records is not only required by the IRS, but it is profitable for YOU since it provides the information for deductions on a tax return. Those who are sole proprietors file a Schedule C with the 1040, and you are entitled to deduct expenses from profits. Save the receipts and deduct the expense to pay less income taxes.
We have information on how to do bookkeeping for a work at home business to help get started with record keeping. A related topic is about setting up files for income taxes.
These simple procedures can save hours of time, and maybe significant money if you have a work at home business. This will place all the deductions in a file, and help determine figures for income taxes and maybe state sales taxes, if you sell items.
Do the basic bookkeeping for a work at home business and set up files for income taxes and save yourself hours of searching for receipts and information. Save money on income taxes, too.
Here are the URL titles in case the links do not work for you.
http://www.ehow.com/how_5816364_do-bookkeeping-work-home-business.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_5206092_set-up-files-income-taxes.html
See you soon!
Linda
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