Totally off topic, but interesting to me: We had media escorts at every stop on the book tour. Different ones in each city, and people who had been in the business, almost entirely with authors, for years. Picking up and taking to the airports, taking to hotels and events, providing any on the ground help in that particular cit.
I had no idea this even existed! In smaller markets, I bet it might be hard to make a full-time living, but around any major city, it's a really interesting thought for a freelance career. If you have publicity experience, good people skills, and a reliable car, you could do it.
Just ... putting that out there! I had no idea they existed, like I said, and it fascinated me.
OK, two separate questions:
1) How long do I need to keep bills for? My current method of filing bills (credit card, utility, etc) after payment is...tossing them in a big milk crate. I'd like to organize them more than that, but do I keep them for a year? Three years? Seven? Does it change if I'm using the utility bills as part of my home-office deduction?
2) I know we must, but...who here does website design? I am completely fed up with the person supposedly working on my drag organization's website (impossible to get a hold of, hasn't made any changes (like taking down my LEGAL NAME) after multiple requests, etc). And would be willing to pay out of my pocket for a better website. Who here could I hire?
meara, I think Ginger and amyth are doing websites. I am deeply stupid right now, so I may be pulling this out of my butt.
Deeply.
Stupid.
I typed amych first, then backtracked.
Mea culpa.
As Erin said, I do websites.
There's no reason to keep utility bills unless you're going to use them to show to a prospective buyer. Mine are mostly electronic anyway.
Clark Howard says the two things to keep forever are tax-related things and things that show you paid something off.
What Ginger said, from "I do websites" on.
Well, I figured utility bills might go under "tax related" since I do use part of that as my home office deduction, I think. (I vaguely remember, from doing my taxes this year...)
So is a year sufficient, for other things, then?
So is a year sufficient, for other things, then?
As I understand it, except for evidence that you paid off a major purchase.
I need to consolidate years of random filing. I'll put it on the list.
Who does layout, especially graphics intensive layout?
