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The Winning Receipt!

By Mrs. Accountability on March 4th, 2010

This latest receipt wins the prize for being the longest receipt ever. It’s almost six feet long.

Mr. A has been stocking up again… he wants to be prepared in case anything goes wrong… this latest receipt is 196 cans of tuna in water on sale for forty-four cents a can. He went through the 15 Items Only register, because he had four closed cases. … click here to continue reading The Winning Receipt!

Children and Allowance

By Mrs. Accountability on March 1st, 2010

I was watching a few minutes of Wife Swap the other day (I only catch a few minutes here and there since I rarely watch any television at all) and one family was a homeschooling family and the children were given allowance each week but they had to divide it up into various categories, one of them being taxes. The parents said that dad has to pay taxes on the … click here to continue reading Children and Allowance

Those Darned Receipts

By Mrs. Accountability on February 4th, 2010

One of my readers, Cynthia From Debt Marathon commented on last Monday in response to my post I’m Drowning in Receipts “…your stack of receipts was outrageous to me!”

I agree wholeheartedly!!!

Then I thought it might be entertaining to share some stats on those receipts with y’all.

This is counting all the receipts I entered into Quicken and Quickbooks, money spent by myself, Mr. A and AJ. This also includes food shopping … click here to continue reading Those Darned Receipts

Help for Haiti – $1 Per Comment

By Mrs. Accountability on February 2nd, 2010

Thank you to everyone who commented. I will be donating $10 to the Red Cross on behalf of my readers at Out of Debt Again.

Come on y’all! Please comment – I would like to donate more than five dollars on your behalf!

I’ve made this post sticky, meaning it will stay at the top of my blog until February 14th. Please look below this post for newer content. Thank you … click here to continue reading Help for Haiti – $1 Per Comment

Why I Use Quicken Rather Than Excel to Track Our Expenses

By Mrs. Accountability on February 1st, 2010

I love Excel, it is one of my favorite programs. However, when it comes to keeping track of what is coming in and going out, Quicken wins hands down.

Easy Reports – I use categories in Quicken and doing so allows me to retrieve reports of all kinds, easily. Quicken can look at the big picture easily.
Add Accounts – It’s easy to add a new bank account or savings account.
Export to … click here to continue reading Why I Use Quicken Rather Than Excel to Track Our Expenses

Five Year Financial Plan

By Mrs. Accountability on January 28th, 2010

I was reading over at No More Spending’s site about Laura’s five year plan.

Wow. What a concept. I have never actually written down any kind of plan for my future. I have a loose idea of what we want to do, obviously paying off our debt would be at the top of the list. And I have some ideas on what we need to do for Mr. A’s businesses as … click here to continue reading Five Year Financial Plan

How I Store My Receipts

By Mrs. Accountability on January 27th, 2010

Yesterday I shared the reasons why I keep my receipts. Now I’d like to share how I store my receipts.

I typically save my receipts long past the time I record them. I used to toss all receipts into a shoebox but in 2008 I began using #10 envelopes to keep the receipts sorted by month. The receipts don’t go into the envelopes, until they have been entered into … click here to continue reading How I Store My Receipts

My Top 7 Reasons to Save Receipts

By Mrs. Accountability on January 26th, 2010

On Sunday my post showed how many receipts I needed to enter into Quicken. Commenter Ken from Money Making Sense shared that he throws his receipts away once he’s entered them into his checkbook. Kudos to Ken for saving his receipts long enough to record them, some folks don’t bother keeping them for any length of time.

Top 7 reasons why I save my receipts:

Don’t want the item – although usually … click here to continue reading My Top 7 Reasons to Save Receipts

I’m Drowning in Receipts

By Mrs. Accountability on January 24th, 2010

I enter every single receipt that comes my way into Quicken. That’s how I know where all our money is going. We’ve really cracked down on our diet, trying to eliminate “junk” foods and I’m very curious to see how we’ve done. I’m tempted to just enter “groceries” for every single grocery store receipt but I want to see how the categories are adding up.

I’m sick of keeping track of … click here to continue reading I’m Drowning in Receipts

This Time I Really Did Find an Accountant!

By Mrs. Accountability on January 18th, 2010

OH! What a relief it is! I have finally found an accountant. I found her by doing a Google search for accountants in Arizona; I emailed her, and she emailed back. That is a good sign! We talked for forty minutes on Friday, and she answered several of my questions. She charges $65 an hour for phone consultation and tech support for Quickbooks, which is the biggest area in … click here to continue reading This Time I Really Did Find an Accountant!