Tax filing deadlines inspire many of us to vow that we’re finally going to organize our papers. Start with understanding what should be kept, in what format and for how long. Then, set up a system to ...

Is it tax time already? You may not want to admit it, but tax time starts well before the filing deadline. Your important tax forms start arriving in the mail in January. If you simply let them ...

We've all been there. It’s two weeks (or two days) until April 15, and you're scrambling to organize the past 12 months of your life. If you’re itemizing any deductions, this means tracking down old ...

Here’s another one of those small things you can knock out of the way before taxes come due: Organizing your financial documents. That doesn’t necessarily mean color-coded folders and an alphabetized ...

In a world increasingly shifting to digital records, it can be tempting to toss paperwork as soon as it starts piling up. But before you feed the shredder or dump it all in a drawer, there’s a method ...

Some people manage their files by piling them, rather than using file cabinets. It might look messy to conventional filers, but stacks of paper can be very functional. Here's how. Debbie Bowie, a feng ...

The most common complaint I hear from people is that they are buried in paper. When they describe their struggle to tame the paper in their home, it is often with a look of desperation on their face ...