1. Tax Time Tips
Deducting Charitable Donations: Donations by cash or check to religious, charitable, educational, scientific, literary, or philanthropic organizations may be deducted. CAUTION: A cancelled check is not sufficient proof for donations over $250. You must get a written receipt from the charity.
Deducting Legal and other Fees: Fees for lawyers, accountants, and licenses are deductible. CONDITION: These are fees which are directly related to the business. NOTE: Legal fees paid to acquire business assets are added to the basis of the property and recovered using depreciation or amortization.
Click HERE to view additional tax tips for 2009 from the IRS.
2. Quick Scan Center Basics
The Neat Quick Scan Center, available in NeatWorks Version 4, enables you to quickly and easily scan receipts, business cards, documents, and even create PDF files without first launching the NeatWorks application. Items can be scanned one after the other, they’ll process in the background and the images and data will appear in the Inbox the next time you open NeatWorks.
To launch the Quick Scan Center, go to Start > Programs > NeatWorks > Neat Quick Scan Center. A NeatWorks icon will appear in the system tray on the bottom right side of your screen and you can initiate a scan by pressing the Scan button on your scanner or by double clicking on the system tray icon.
3. Using Auto-Detect to Classify Items
NeatWorks can auto-detect the type of paper you’ve scanned in (receipt, business card or document). However, if you’re scanning in a single paper type, for example, only receipts, you change the setting from ‘Auto Detect’ to ‘Receipt’ in the Quick Scan Center.
Note: If an item is misclassified in the Inbox, simply drag and drop it to the correct category.
The Neat Company Needs You!
We want to hear from you. Tell us the different ways you use Neat for your home and/or business and you may be selected to be featured in a local or national newspaper or on a morning show.
You’ve seen that “typical” American family or individual featured on your favorite morning show or in your local paper – have you ever thought you had a lot in common with them or feel like you can relate to their stories? Sharing your story could help others. The Neat Company regularly receives requests from the media to highlight customers who use our products in a variety of ways. Do you use NeatReceipts to help you get organized for tax time? Have you gone paperless with NeatDesk? Have you used NeatReceipts or NeatDesk to help manage your finances and maintain a budget? Was your home, office or workspace a mess before you got Neat?
If you’d like to share your story, please email Jenn at jchoi@neatco.com.
We have already begun work on our next major release, and we’d like to get your input to make it even better!
If you’d like to help shape the future of NeatWorks, please register and sign up for our Consumer Advisory Board (CAB). As a member of the CAB, you’ll have the opportunity to provide suggestions and feedback, as well as beta test new versions as they become available.
Click HERE to register.
There are also opportunities for users in the Philadelphia area to take part in focus groups and other usability studies. If you're interested, please email Jenn at jchoi@neatco.com.