Tax and Documents
Categories : Internet, Personal |
I’ve spent a lot of time this weekend doing my tax from last year, which has been a scary and sobering experience. Even though I have an accountant it seems I still spend as much time on this as ever – in fact I think I need to try and get more out of them.
I’m sure my finances could be organised much more tax efficiently and advantageously – and the bottom line is I need more money to pay this huge tax debt and hopefully also still be able to afford our big overseas trip planned for the end of this year. Until they give me any better ideas I’ll still to this simple plan : earn more & spend less. I’m already starting to do the former, working longer hours and delivering more babies – now I need to focus more on the latter, which has never been our strong suit.
Amidst all this tax work, I’ve now completely moved all of my spreadsheets and related documents online. Previously I would keep them all on a USB memory stick, which I’d plug in to which ever computer I happened to be working at (home, office, or laptop). Now I’ve put all my files into Google Documents, which is great. It allows me to edit my files in Excel and Word formats, with all the main functions of the desktop applications (at least all the functions I use anyway) yet I don’t have to worry about a computer crash or being on the wrong PC – all I need is an internet connection. I think from now on I’ll be using Google more and more for all document based work. Internet applications are the way of the future, as I believe even Microsoft have started to acknowledge.
