Sounds like there isn't much you can do about your taxes. This year either place something in a convenient spot to drop all your receipts in or use checks as your receipt. I don't think that you can write your situation about the money off as a charitable contribution. You would be better off either letting that go or take this person to court for your losses that you gave her. Also very important. I know that it is hard to say no, but when it starts effecting your well being especially. You need to learn to set boundaries. Believe me I know that it is hard. But it does get easier to say no.

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OK -- so you're in a tight spot for 2007 taxes - as far as receipts and whatever go. But unless you claim an enormous amount of money in 2007 (compared to 2006/2005) and wrote off ENORMOUS amount of money in 2007 (compared to year's past) you should be ok. Although I'm not a CPA - it sounds like you need one. Certified Public Accountant -- someone who can help you -- throughout the year -- to make sure you end up on the right side of the financial fence. A good way to start, as suggested by an earlier post, is to make a "receipt box" -- whether it be a shoe box, or another similar-sized box -- put it in a central location (ours is on top of our fridge) so that EVERY receipt -- from gas to Burger King - is kept in the box. If you incorporate it into your daily routine -- you won't lose the receipts that really are important. At tax season next year - give the box to your CPA - that's her job to sift through them and decide if they are worth keeping. Good Luck. You're in our prayers.

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I read your advise and i took it to heart this tax season I will save every thing i do on-lline banking and pay all my dotcors or cars mileage paid on theThe less paper I have the better organized Ibecome. sheets. Also found it it is a better way to keep any donations for groups I give to I have proof, and no more taxes five to me when iI drop thing off. and large amonut of paper. The bottom line is I hate loose paper and no matter how sure I will put them away they will eventually something important will get lost.In Excel I am trying a new project to list my uniforms, shooes books, scissors things for school and work I emptied my filing cabinet box out and threw out all the garabge I didn't need ans I will stay on top of it at least once a week. Also whart to the IRS think of big deuductions on average and what is too big ( ADD RN )

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Here's something that I've found helpful. Pay for everything with either a credit card or, better, debit card from your bank. Then at the end of the year, even if you haven;t saved all your receipts, you have a record of everything you spent and where in your bank statements. Also, if you have deductible expenses that you normally pay by check -- rent, mortgage, or whatever--arrange to pay them online through your bank. Again, you will have a record.

I just finished going through having to do several years of back taxes and deal with the I.R.S. on an offer-in-compromise (I used an accountant, of course). Nothing was scarier to conetmplate -- it made me want to crawl into bed and pull the proverbial covers over my head -- but once I did it, it was not that painful, and, boy, was it liberating.

Believe me, if I could handle that--and I'm a championat getting overwhelmed by this sort of thing--you can handle your yearly taxes.

Good luck!

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