National Spending Journal – By Shoeboxed

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 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

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 [...]

Shoeboxed is proud to announce the launch of our new free iPhone app that will change the way business-oriented people, travelers, freelancers, and even individual consumers use technology to organize their finances.
With the new app, users can simply snap a picture of their receipts with their iPhone, automatically generate expense reports, and send the images to [...]

Want to learn more about how Shoeboxed can help you save time, money, and headaches? Aaron Aiken from Trimtab Creative interviewed me for his podcast, the Weekly App.
Check it out!
http://weeklyapp.tv/2009/10/episode-v-shoeboxed-removes-paper-clutter-gives-you-online-access-and-is-irs-friendly/

Here at Shoeboxed.com, the leader in online receipt and business card management, we are proud to announce we have just launched a new and improved version of our free service that will allow online shoppers to effectively and efficiently manage their purchases and save more money than ever before.
Shoeboxed users can automatically forward their receipts from online [...]

Useful and provocative personal finance stories from around the Web. Enjoy.

7 Money Lessons Learned in 7 Years of Marriage – Mighty Bargain Hunter, Feb. 2, 2009 (O.K., not technically this week, but it’s a good one.)
Degrees With The Highest ROI – Yahoo! HotJobs
How to Claim the Recovery Rebate Credit – Five Cent Nickel, Feb. 5, 2009
Fashion on a Budget: Organizing and Updating Your Wardrobe for [...]

Kiplinger’s personal finance magazine is teaming up with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors to offer free financial advice to people across the country today. Known as Kiplinger’s Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan Day, NAFPA members across the U.S. will be standing by to answer your call-in questions about your finances for free.
Phone lines are [...]

Bringing you interesting recent articles about personal finances and taxes from around the web:

How to find the sweet spot when buying electronics (from WiseBread)
Do you need to pay taxes on your eBay sales? (from Moolanomy)
8 fundamental money lessons for kids (Million Dollar Journey)
More ways to squeeze savings from home and food products (from Frugal Duchess)
How [...]

Throughout the recent presidential campaign and in the lead-up to Barack Obama’s inauguration, we have seen the rapid growth and eventual ubiquity of Obama kitsch.
From buttons to bunting, parade signs to panties, you can get pretty much anything these days with Obama’s face on it.
Though the people manufacturing Obama goodies are obviously in it to [...]

Consumers are losing $2.5 billion every year because of overcharging, Good Morning America reports. GMA’s price check team investigated a dozen stores in New York, New Jersey and Virginia recently and found widespread overcharging. With inaccurate scanners, inaccurate pricing signs, and clerical error, make sure to check your receipts as you are checking out of [...]

Individual taxpayers e-filed almost 90 million tax returns during 2008, an increase of more than 12 percent over the prior year. Of the 155 million tax returns filed, about 58 percent were filed electronically.
“More people with home computers and businesses embraced electronic filing this year,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “Every year, more people realize [...]

Geezeo, a free personal finance web application, has redesigned their website and launched several new features to help its users manage their money better today. We think many of you will find Geezeo to be a useful service.

Geezeo, which allows you to track spending goals and manage your credit card and bank accounts, is a [...]

The blog has been an ongoing project over the last year, with (almost) daily updates about features, the team, and topics related to receipts, bookkeeping, online accounting, and tracking spending.
There is a lot to write about here, and a lot of great posts. In order to make sure that some of the most important information [...]