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ShoeBooksRight? FreshOutBoxed? OutBoxedBooks?
The small biz warriors at FreshBooks, Outright.com and Shoeboxed are interested in only one thing: helping you spend less time on busy work – like invoicing, bookkeeping and recording expenses – and more time doing what you actually love – running your business. That’s why all three companies have integrated their services. ShoeBooksRight? [...]

June 15th Deadline:  Quarterly Estimated Taxes
Now that we’re under a month away from June 15th, you might be one of the millions of self employed or small business owners that need to file a quarterly estimated tax payment. While not everyone’s cup of tea, the process can certainly be made more manageable by leveraging a few [...]

Shoeboxed, the leader in online receipt management that many of our readers know and love, has announced an exciting new partnership to help you use your Shoeboxed receipts for online bookkeeping.
Outright.com, the easiest way for self-employed people to manage their bookkeeping, now integrates directly with Shoeboxed, allowing receipts from Shoeboxed to flow seamlessly into Outright.com’s [...]

Shoeboxed, the leading online service for organizing receipts, released a new feature today allowing users to download their receipt information into a format that they can import into Quickbooks, a popular accounting software program for small businesses.
Since many small businesses use Shoeboxed to organize their receipts, this move makes a lot of sense.
Follow these easy [...]

If you thought Bernie Madoff’s scam was the only deca-billion-dollar fraud going on, think again.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Chairman B Ramalinga Raju admitted to falsifying company accounts and inflating revenues and profits in company books. Following the announcement of the accounting scandal today, the company’s shares bottomed out, and are currently trading at 1 cent.
Raju [...]

Now that it is January, tax season is officially underway and Craiglist is full of ads for receipt organization and bookkeeping services. Answer Craigslist ads at your own peril.
There is no money-back guarantee on Craigslist, and there is really no way to determine whether the services you are paying for are legitimate or not. Though [...]

Quickbooks Pro, the preeminent bookkeeping software for small businesses is free today at Staples store across the U.S. after a mail-in rebate. Normally $199, you can buy it at the store for $40 off and then send in a rebate for the rest of the $159. This deal is only available today, December 22, 2008.
The [...]

With the end of the calendar year right around the corner and tax season quickly approaching, every business is going over their books. In an attempt to offer expert advice to the public and publicize tips on how to start on your books before you go into your accountant, Universal Accounting has the following checklist [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]