It used to for me as well.  Tax time meant a nightmare of headaches, wasted time and huge accountant bills. All because I was so unorganized and unprepared that it took what amounted to more than a weeks worth of “business building time” to organize all of my income and expense records and get them to my accountant.

And to top it off, everything was in such a mess when I did get my records to my accountant that it would cost extra to have him prepare my tax return and tell me how much I actually made for the year. (Which was always much different than my “guess-timated” net income. That was always a shocker - and not a good one!!)

But did you notice I said tax time used to send me into panic attacks?

After last year’s “near death” tax experience, I decided it was time to be proactive when it came to the finances of my MLM business. I did what you might already have done… purchased one of those cool personal finance software programs like Quicken or Microsoft Money. I was saved (or so I thought). Read the rest of this entry