If you run a large business or corporation, chances are you have an accounting team to create and manage budgets with a monthly expense worksheet or expense-tracking application.

But what if you’re a small business owner or solopreneur? If your business is small or you’re just getting started, it can be difficult to plan a monthly budget. You may be spending more money than you’re making, and if you’re like most small business owners, you may be pouring a lot of your own financial resources into growing your business.

Even if your budget is different every single month, you can still benefit by using a monthly expense worksheet to track spending, income, write-offs, and payments. More »

Capturing your e-receipts is a fast, easy, affordable way to eliminate paper clutter from your home or office, amp up your organization, and cut the time it takes to do your taxes in half.

The benefits of capturing receipts via your smartphone or desktop scanner include:

Instant digitization

When you scan your receipts or snap a picture of them using a smartphone app like the one available from Shoeboxed, all of the information on the receipt becomes instantly digitized. This means that you’ll be able to search for purchases and transactions by date, amount, category, and even individual items. Cloud-based applications like Shoeboxed ensure that all of your expense information is available at the touch of a button. More »

Keeping track of your business receipts used to be one of the biggest challenges of business. How are you supposed to stay organized on the go while collecting paper receipts that either get lost, smudged, or crumpled at the bottom of your briefcase or purse? You really don’t want to carry your hefty business receipt books with you all over. More »