• Home
  • Media Kit
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms Of Use
  • Contact
  • enCompass Media

Mommy Kat and Kids

Canadian Mom Blogger - Product Reviews, Travel, Food and Parenting

  • Articles
    • Family
    • Humour
    • Crafts
    • Money
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
    • Self-Esteem
    • Health
  • Blogging
    • Events
    • Opportunities
    • Wednesday WordPress
  • Reviews & Giveaways
    • Giveaway
    • Reviews
    • Giveaways Ending Soon
    • Coupon Code
    • Winners
  • Features
    • Anna’s Budget Tips
    • Wordless Wednesday
    • Friday Giveaway Linky
    • Sunday Quotes
  • Travel
    • Canada
    • USA
    • International
    • Events
  • Recipes
    • Lunch and Snacks
    • Main Dishes
    • Side Dishes
    • Desserts and Treats
    • Beverages
    • Pickles and Preserves
  • The $5000 Wedding
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2020
You are here: Home / Articles / Three Tips for Making Tax Filing Easier

Three Tips for Making Tax Filing Easier

March 31, 2016 by Kathryn 52 Comments

March is always synonymous with spring but in my self-employed life, it’s also synonymous with taxes! Organizing a year of income and expenses is always something that I’ve had a love/hate relationship with. On the one hand, I love seeing how successful my year has been. On the other hand, going through all that information is hard work and can occasionally take weeks!

tax paperwork

That’s why keeping my information organized is a must for me, and luckily, Master Lock has been helping me do that for years now! If you’re getting ready to tackle your taxes, these tips may help you get the job done quicker…and keep you organized for next year too!

Whether you like taxes or loathe them, keeping all that important paperwork organized and easily accessible will be a load off your mind. And with all the work that taxes can entail, anything that makes the job easier is a good idea!

mommy kat and kids rp2

Filed Under: Articles, Money Tagged With: alarm safe, keep tax papers safe, live secure, live secure safety squad, lock, lsss, master, master lock, master lock vault, safety squad, secure tax tips, sentry safe, sentrysafe, tax, tax papers, tax safety, tax safety tips, tax tips, taxes

Comments

  1. sabina Edwards says

    April 2, 2016 at 11:06 am

    for us its, go to the dollar store and buy a bright zipper pouch to store anything we might need to income tax purposes….. toss stuff into envie as we get it, take envie to accountant LOL
    I get a nice amount back every year

    Reply
  2. Jonnie says

    April 7, 2016 at 4:28 pm

    I have always loved doing taxes. I started with doing my parents when I was a teen and still enjoy it today. Filing online has really made things easy but I never thought of taking pictures of our paperwork before. I will have to start!

    Reply
  3. ivy pluchinsky says

    April 7, 2016 at 4:39 pm

    Thanks for the info!

    Reply
  4. Holly MacRitchie says

    April 7, 2016 at 5:10 pm

    Thanks for the great tips, tax time is always stressful at our house.

    Reply
  5. Lynda Cook says

    April 7, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    I have a tax lady that handles all my stuff, but I should really start taking pictures of my receipt’s

    Reply
  6. kathy downey says

    April 7, 2016 at 6:06 pm

    Thanks for sharing this post great tips,i hate the stress it brings filling out the forms

    Reply
  7. Lori R says

    April 7, 2016 at 7:37 pm

    Thank you for the tips

    Reply
  8. Debbie White Beattie says

    April 8, 2016 at 2:35 am

    We keep all of the paperwork in a file but we have an accountant do all the work for us

    Reply
  9. Cheryl says

    April 8, 2016 at 7:18 am

    Thanks for the tips!! I am lucky that my DH does this all.

    Reply
  10. Julie F says

    April 8, 2016 at 9:05 am

    Thanks for the tips, this is a stressful time of year!

    Reply
  11. Doris Calvert says

    April 8, 2016 at 9:50 am

    I always do my own and it’s easy of your organized, thanks for the tips

    Reply
    • Sophia M says

      April 8, 2016 at 12:45 pm

      I do the taxes in my house so thank you for the tips. I never thought about taking photos of receipts; that’s a great idea. Also, this is the first year I filed online and that definitely took away a lot of the stress and headache.

      Reply
  12. jan says

    April 8, 2016 at 11:43 am

    this is the first year ours is not going so easily. may need to call in some help.

    Reply
  13. Karla Sceviour says

    April 8, 2016 at 1:28 pm

    Great tips!!

    Reply
  14. Florence C says

    April 8, 2016 at 2:47 pm

    My father taught me how to do my taxes. I do mine and my husbands. I have a filing cabinet with a folder to poke everything in. I did the H&R Block course a few years back and learned a few tips.

    Reply
  15. Sherry K says

    April 8, 2016 at 3:51 pm

    Thanks for the ideas. It is hard to get my husband to keep all his papers every week. This should help out .

    Reply
  16. Wanda Tracey says

    April 8, 2016 at 7:18 pm

    We have a file to keep all our tax papers in.Thankfully my husband does ours every year.
    Thank you for all the great tips.

    Reply
  17. Judy Cowan says

    April 9, 2016 at 8:27 am

    We have a box that we put all of our taxes papers in during the year. Our taxes are pretty simple so they don’t take that long to do.

    Reply
  18. Laurie Bolduc-Cadieux says

    April 9, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    Thanks for the great tips. I file our taxes every year and seem to always struggle gathering all the paperwork.

    Reply
  19. Elizabeth Matthiesen says

    April 9, 2016 at 12:47 pm

    I used to fill out all my tax forms on my own when I lived in Germany now I go to a tax accountant. Mine are now difficult since my support money comes in Euros. It might well be easier next year now that I’ll soon be getting my pension – hopefully anyway ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  20. kristen visser says

    April 9, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    great tips! thankfully we have gotten all the tax stuff all taken care of ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  21. Athena says

    April 9, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    Thank you for the great tips!

    Reply
  22. Joanne Frank says

    April 11, 2016 at 8:36 am

    awesome thanks so much for the tips

    Reply
  23. Ed Fastly says

    April 12, 2016 at 2:13 am

    The idea of digitizing and uploading receipts and documents to a secure site is interesting. Keeping the documents in a fire safe is also a great idea. It’s hard to choose which is better.

    Reply
  24. Kim Tanti says

    April 12, 2016 at 6:39 am

    I purchased a filing cabnet. My hubby thinks everything is just thrown in the top drawer and that is filing. Thank You for the great tips. I will have to get him to read them. LOL silly me.

    Reply
  25. Wayne Couzens says

    April 12, 2016 at 10:10 am

    I hate doing taxes. But maybe with this info it be easier

    Reply
  26. Christine Topley says

    April 12, 2016 at 11:20 am

    I do my moms, hubby’s, son and my income taxes and sometimes for friends too. I use the online free tax forms which I find making tax time so much easier. I am somewhat of an OCD when it comes to organization so I have everything separated and filed how it should be and kept as paperwork arrives and needs to be added. I find keeping receipts in an envelope or some sort of folder and out of sunlight keeps the receipts from fading. Also, it’s always good to use your debit card to make transactions or for those who have a credit card, use that as well. This way receipts can be numbered and matched to your bank/credit card statements as a back up as well.

    Reply
  27. DORIS HUMBER says

    April 12, 2016 at 2:06 pm

    I do my own taxes every year. These are great tips…thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  28. AD says

    April 12, 2016 at 8:23 pm

    I hate Tax time… But I have found that staying organized and sorting all my paperwork every month prevents me from losing my mind every April. Great tips!

    Reply
  29. Tiesha says

    April 13, 2016 at 7:17 am

    Thanks for the tips. I always appreciate ideas on how to be more efficient and effective!

    Reply
  30. Silvia D says

    April 13, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    thank you for all the great tips!

    Reply
  31. Swapandeep Singh says

    April 13, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    nice

    Reply
  32. Debbie W says

    April 14, 2016 at 5:56 am

    Mine are so simple. Just a T4 and sole income. Nothing much.

    Reply
  33. Vicki Ho says

    April 14, 2016 at 9:26 am

    good tip about taking photo of receipts, as those thermal slips fade away

    Reply
  34. angela marriott says

    April 14, 2016 at 11:26 am

    I love the tip about taking photos of your receipts.

    Reply
  35. Nate says

    April 14, 2016 at 5:52 pm

    Very good tips

    Reply
  36. Joy D says

    April 15, 2016 at 5:51 am

    I have a clear vinyl pouch that I keep all my tax related receipts in. It always stays in one particular desk drawer. I rarely have to go searching for miss place documents.

    Reply
  37. caryn s says

    April 15, 2016 at 9:13 am

    great tips as i love making my taxes easier!

    Reply
  38. Treen Goodwin says

    April 16, 2016 at 7:41 am

    I have a friend who does our taxes every year , great tips and tricks thanks for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  39. Cameron DeLaCroix says

    April 17, 2016 at 3:22 pm

    I do taxes for all my friends…

    Reply
  40. Ira says

    April 19, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    10 days to go and our taxes are still not done… and everything was organized from the beginning… But the part of checking and rechecking it and then verifying it again is time consuming and scares us off…

    Reply
  41. Stephanie LaPlante says

    April 20, 2016 at 9:40 am

    Thank God we done our taxes this year.

    Reply
  42. Lydia Baran says

    April 21, 2016 at 10:59 pm

    Use tax software and you won’t make math errors! Also the programs suggest deductions you may not think of

    Reply
  43. Krista M says

    April 22, 2016 at 10:23 am

    I have never taken photos of my receipts but this is such a fabulous idea! I do scan certain important documents into my computer for a back-up for safe keeping. I used to do my taxes by hand but over the years as they’ve gotten more complicated I now use a tax program to file.

    Reply
  44. Mishelle says

    April 25, 2016 at 8:47 am

    I love scanning the receipts but always wonder if I should keep the paper or get rid of it after a while.

    Mishelle

    Reply
  45. Shirley says

    April 27, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    Thanks for the great tips. Tax time is always stressful but staying organized definitely helps.

    Reply
  46. LILLIAN bROWN says

    April 29, 2016 at 8:40 am

    Thanks already use most but did learn some new tips

    Reply
  47. Amanda Fontaine says

    April 29, 2016 at 10:40 am

    We have a four drawer cabinet and I have a file in there for each income tax year. Anything to do with income tax for that specific year gets filed and then all I have to do is pull out the folder at tax time for hubby to do it. ๐Ÿ˜€

    Thank you for the extra tips though, theyre great.

    Reply
  48. Caryn Coates says

    April 29, 2016 at 11:05 am

    Thanks for the great tips. I do mine and my moms taxes every year.

    Reply
  49. Viv Sluys says

    April 30, 2016 at 12:41 pm

    My mother-in-law does our taxes. She is really good at it and enjoys it.

    Reply
  50. Carol M says

    April 30, 2016 at 2:55 pm

    Lots of great tips, thanks

    Reply
Newer Comments »

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Pinterest
  • RSS Feed

Search Mommy Kat and Kids

Current Giveaways

Mommy Kat and Kids
Jeulia Wedding Jewelry 2021

Enter your e-mail address:

Powered by FeedPress

Copyright © 2021 ยท Lifestyle Pro Theme on Genesis Framework ยท WordPress ยท Log in