Accountants agree! The first thing you need to do to tackle your taxes is to get organized. Barbara Kruger, head of In A Pinch, is an organizing consultant who is telling her clients

"As the papers come in, those itty bitty pieces of paper, file them according to a category such as travel expenses and put those in one folder, charitable donations in another, so when it comes time for you to turn it all over to your accountant or to put it into your computer program you will have everything organized in the categories that are asked for on your tax filing forms."

Color code those files says Barbara - green for investments, red for banking for example - and get it done early. Barbara says that way you can get to your accountant early in the tax filing season.
"Get it in there early so that your accountant will be spending more time looking at your account and finding the best ways to save money on your taxes.

For more information, check out Barbara's web site www.bkinapinch.com

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