Ready to ditch your file cabinet? Explore going paperless with your tax documents. A great start is organizing your files using a document scanner. Many of these have wifi capabilities and function as part of your at-home network. Shredding old paper documents helps protect against identity theft.
Once your scanning is complete, create one file on your computer to hold these documents. Be sure to back-up your documents in more than one place, such as on a flash drive, external drive, or a personal cloud. Experts suggest keeping these files for up to seven years. Make collecting this information easy by tracking receipts and invoices with simple budgeting apps and watch the clutter in your home office disappear. Want to learn more? Click here: How to Go Paperless in Your Home Office