417: Winning Tactics For Contractor Paperwork

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style= "color: #0000ff;"><strong>This Podcast Is Episode Number 417, And It's About Winning Tactics For Contractor Paperwork</strong></span></h1> <div>You started your contracting company to have fun, be your own boss and do the work you love. Now you are overwhelmed with paperwork, and the fun is gone!</div> <div> </div> <div>One of the biggest struggles construction business owners deal with is the overwhelming amount of paper they have to organize as part of their everyday tasks. Invoices, receipts, bills, contracts, client records, pay applications, insurances, licenses - are just among the few in the seem to be never-ending "etc."</div> <div> </div> <div>Keeping essential documents is necessary. Most contractors go from one extreme to the other. One extreme is saving everything for decades, and the other is tossing everything out.</div> <div> </div> <div> <div> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">What to save? What to toss out? At Fast Easy Accounting, we no longer need to print and save every document in file folders and keep adding new file cabinets. Our paperwork processes ensure your happiness and peace of mind knowing that your papers can be retrieved electronically at any time in the future.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Here are my Paperwork Tips:</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0600ff;"><strong>Save your receipts</strong></span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">If you have it in paper, get a file box and toss in all the gas, food, miscellaneous receipts paid by credit card. Make a note on the receipt. You have the receipt for backup. I remember a story where someone needed to prove where they were. Charges on the credit card statement weren't enough.</span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces= "true">  </span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #0600ff;"><strong>Make individual file folders</strong></span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">For your state taxes, quarterly payroll reports, W-2's, 1099's.</span></p> <p><span