National Spending Journal – By Shoeboxed

By now, you have most likely heard about the launch of Google’s new App Marketplace. This revolutionary launch will now allow the millions of Google Apps users instant access to over 50 apps to help them avoid administrative hassles and focus on growing their businesses!
Here at Shoeboxed, we are thrilled to announce that we are [...]

Going to SXSW this year? Party in style with Shoeboxed and the other members of the Small Business Web! Come for food, drinks, and great networking with hundreds of small businesses and web application vendors just like yourself.
When: 4-7pm Saturday, March 13
Where: The Pure Volume House at 504 Trinity St, Austin, TX.
Who: The Small Business [...]

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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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 [...]

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 [...]

Like most things, the concept of a “salesman” has changed greatly over the past couple of decades. In the past, the word “salesman” conjured up images of a sharply dressed middle aged man showing up at your door with a briefcase and a sparkling smile, ready to push his wares and services.
Many experts believe that [...]

Finding cost-effective ways to get a lot done with little, could mean the difference between success and failure in your business.  A recent Microsoft® study found that small businesses are investing in software-as-a-service (SaaS) and mobile devices to be more productive and sell more, without breaking the bank.
Interested in hearing about different online apps and [...]

Want to learn more about how to use Shoeboxed and our integrated partners at Outright to solve your accounting woes?
Our Head of Marketing, Sonny Byrd, was interviewed by The River The Ranch and The Bay. Check out the podcast here (just hit play!)
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/34406

Shoeboxed is thrilled to announce our partnership with Bill.com, the online bill management and payment leader, to enable small business owners to focus more on their core businesses and less on administrative hassles.
Companies can now mail their invoices to Shoeboxed for scanning into the Bill.com system rather than scanning the invoices themselves.  This approach saves time [...]

Businesses planning to claim the newly-expanded work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) for eligible unemployed veterans and unskilled younger workers hired during the first part of 2009 have until Aug. 17 to request the certification required for these workers, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
Newly-revised Form 8850, now available on IRS.gov, is used by employers to [...]

Small Business Week was May 17 to 23, and the Internal Revenue Service urges small businesses to act now and take advantage of tax-saving opportunities included in the recovery law.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), enacted in February, created, extended or expanded a variety of business tax deductions and credits. Because some of these [...]

The Internal Revenue Service announced today that small businesses with deductions exceeding their income in 2008 can use a new net operating loss tax provision to get a refund of taxes paid in prior years.
To accommodate the change in tax law, the IRS today updated the instructions for two key forms – Forms 1045 and [...]

Taxpayers who use a portion of their home for business purposes may be able to take a home office deduction if they meet certain requirements.
In order to claim a business deduction, you must use part of your home for one of the following two reasons:

Exclusively and regularly as either: your principal place of business, or [...]

With the credit markets as frozen as they are, it is difficult for many small businesses to get the loans they need to grow. Today, President Barack Obama announced new plans for immediate action to bring America’s credit markets back to life for small business owners.

Small business are a major component of the American economy. [...]