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SB: Receipts question

yeovilmac
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Daftest question ever asked on this forum....
How does everyone keep their receipts? In a tin, in envelopes or some other way? I only ask because the receipts get everywhere; small receipts, big receipts, middle sized receipts, they're bloomin' everywhere! I don't want them to pile up for too long so has anyone got any good ideas as to storing them till the accountant wants them.....
Cheers
Mart
How does everyone keep their receipts? In a tin, in envelopes or some other way? I only ask because the receipts get everywhere; small receipts, big receipts, middle sized receipts, they're bloomin' everywhere! I don't want them to pile up for too long so has anyone got any good ideas as to storing them till the accountant wants them.....
Cheers
Mart
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I keep mine in a folder, stapled together on a monthly basis, I keep small receipts like postal ones separately stapled together. I also have different folders for expense receipts and supplier invoices. In fact I have lots of folders : for stock lists, product catalogues, customer invoice copies, a folder for every occasion!"There is a light that never goes out"0
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I have some of those ziplock plastic envelopes 1 for each month of the year so I just chuck my receipts in those month on month until I get around to doing my accounts. I find it the simplest way of keeping everything together until I'm ready to record them all properly
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yeovilmac wrote:Daftest question ever asked on this forum....
Anyway, I've used various methods over the years.
When I knew I was going to have to photocopy them all to show a grant funder, I used to staple them to sheets of A4 paper.
For work, as I get them, I put them in a particular place in my purse, folded into a plastic moneybag, the plastic ones you get from the bank. Then I have to staple them to an expenses claim form, I do this monthly when I reclaim any expenses.
And then like others we 'file' our receipts by month, in plastic wallets. But petty cash chits are filed in envelopes (smaller) - really it's whatever suits you!
Remember, with this kind of thing, it's not a filing system you need, but a finding system. In other words, you need a system which enables you to FIND any receipt which may be queried, or be needed for a guarantee if something goes wrong etc. So a chronological system usually works well, because you don't often have to find a particular receipt, and you can usually remember roughly when you bought something - and if you can't remember, you should be able to track any major purchases through whatever book-keeping records you have.
Example: at work we recently had a hard drive fail on a computer which I didn't think was that old. I knew we'd bought it after I came back from a prolonged period of sick leave, and that was just over a year ago. But rather than trawl through several months of receipts I looked on our spreadsheets for large payments out, and found which month it was exactly. Sadly, it was out of guarantee ...Signature removed for peace of mind0 -
It depends upon how many receipts you get.
I normally suggest either weekly or monthly and using a zip lock bag or polly pocket. Then put the lot in a ringbinder on an annual basis. It laso helps if you have a reference number in your account book for each entry and mark that reference number on the receipt as well!Gwlad heb iaith, gwlad heb galon0 -
I keep them in large envelopes or zip plastic envelopes with the month written on them-when I do my books I then sort that month,staple them together and write the week ending date on a Post-It on the front.
I do this as I just hand over my books to the accountant-it costs me less.
Try and keep on top of things-as,take it from one who learnt the hard way-sifting through a year's worth of receipts is a real timeconsuming,mind blowingly boring task.Fabi x0
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