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Shoeboxed as a Web Resource for Entrepreneurs

Shoeboxed as a Web Resource for Entrepreneurs

Check out this great webisode featured on Rise to the Top! See how Shoeboxed can help you stay organized as an entrepreneur.
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Give the Gift of Time This Holiday Season!

Trying to figure out what to get your father/mother/sibling/spouse/friend this holiday season? A subscription to Shoeboxed.com is the perfect gift! Essentially you will be giving them:
1) Time. No need to enter receipt data by hand or with a clunky scanner. It will save them hours every month!
2) Space. No more shoeboxes or wallets stuffed to overflowing with [...]

Shoeboxed and the Small Business Web: Connecting Apps to Help Your Business

At Shoeboxed, we know that receipt and contact management is only one step in your busy day. A successful small business has to juggle marketing, sales, invoices, and taxes, and still have time left over to do actual billable work!
Making life easy for small businesses is what Shoeboxed is all about, but we only help with receipts and [...]

Shoeboxed iPhone App Named New York Times App of the Week

Shoeboxed just recently launched our new iPhone app, and we are proud to announce that it has been selected as the New York Times App of the Week!
Check it out: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/app-of-the-week-better-budget-tracking/
You can learn more about the app here! https://www.shoeboxed.com/shoeboxed-iphone-app.htm

Shoeboxed iPhone App Tutorial

Shoeboxed iPhone App Tutorial

The long awaited Shoeboxed iPhone App has hit the App Store… and it’s FREE!
Here’s a quick introduction and guide for using our brand new revolutionary app that is doing away with the need to keep paper receipts and allowing business-oriented people to effortlessly manage and track their expenses for reimbursements and deductions. 
First:  Access the app [...]

Tax Tip: Energy-Saving Can Reduce Your Tax Burden

The Internal Revenue Service today reminded individual and business taxpayers that many energy-saving steps taken this year may result in bigger tax savings next year.
The recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) of 2009 contained a number of either new or expanded tax benefits on expenditures to reduce energy use or create new energy sources.
The [...]

Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Making Federal Tax Payments

Will you be making a payment with your federal tax return this year? If so, here is what you need to know about making tax payments correctly.

Never send cash!
If you file electronically, you can file and pay in a single step by authorizing an electronic funds withdrawal via tax preparation software or a tax professional.
You [...]

USPS Christmas Deadline Is Saturday

USPS Christmas Deadline Is Saturday

No one wants to get their Christmas gift on Boxing Day. To be shut out on Christmas only to receive your gift the next day. Everybody wants to get their Christmas gifts on Christmas morning, and with a few tips, you can make sure that your holiday mail is getting to where you need it [...]

Review: Shoeboxed Business Cards Interface

Review: Shoeboxed Business Cards Interface

We’ve seen a ton of people signing up over the last two days to use our brand new business card service.  You can now send in business cards along with your receipts; we’ll scan them and upload them into your account with all the information on the business card, including name, title, company, website, phone [...]

Shoeboxed for Business Cards!

Since we started Shoeboxed about two years ago, we have been all about receipts: email receipts, uploaded receipts, and finally paper receipts via our Receipt Mail-In program. But Shoeboxed has the power to do more, and we’re excited to expand our services today to include business cards. If you are a Receipt Mail-In member, you [...]

Shoeboxed on CNET / Webware!

Shoeboxed on CNET / Webware!

Josh Lowensohn wrote up a great review of our new AutoCategorization feature on CNET!

Read it here, and feel free to post a comment about how much you love Shoeboxed. I did!

Your Receipts Automatically Categorized!

Your Receipts Automatically Categorized!

FEATURE UPDATE: In addition to our fancy new homepage, Shoeboxed has added a new feature that automatically categorizes your receipts into common tax categories. Based on a sophisticated algorithm that takes into account the receipt information, your receipts will be placed in default categories that are now in every Shoeboxed account.
Based on common tax categories, [...]

Insider Tips on How to Get Faster Scanning

Insider Tips on How to Get Faster Scanning

Though we do our best to process your Receipt Mail-In envelopes in the order they arrive in our office, not all envelopes are equal, and we do fast-track envelopes that have receipts that are prepped well for fast scanning.
Here are some things that you can do to make sure your receipts are scanned as quickly [...]

Webcast: You’re Invited

Shoeboxed has some pretty new technology, and a lot of awesome features. In order to get a grasp on all you can do here, and how to best organize your receipts, it can be helpful if somebody walks you through it.
Since we can’t head over to your house and sit down with you, we decided [...]

Taping Receipts to Paper

I’ve heard this myth out there. So scary, this myth. I thought I might warn you, prepare you, just in case. Ready? I couldn’t believe it either: Many people are forced to tape receipts to paper.
Whether for bookkeeping, archiving, or expense reports, everyday many do-gooding Americans are told that scotch-taping their receipts to yet another [...]