If you are sick and tired of clients bringing in the “shoebox” for you to do bookkeeping or taxes, there are now other ways to consolidate their information.  See this idea by John Stokdyk in AccountingWeb:

http://www.accountingweb.com/article/convert-your-clients-move-their-records-out-shoebox/224418?utm_campaign=Daily+Clips&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16210093&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–MpxO3Pn754z8RO7s5qOYJ_V_Avkro6OKWBslqcgo3y6kHZBbFPfrZxvDtlXl_voVHaAjsm9k2h9VYwbY-h5eI00mQpg&_hsmi=16210093

In addition to the suggestions here, I have heard that MINT.com is another good way to consolidate tax items (it is a little easier than Quicken, but either will suffice to get checkbook items in order.)

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