Timothy Sumer

Method to track tax related deductions for personal IRA costs, in one business QuickBooks file, to make year end tax filing much easier. It is generally good advice to keep personal transactions completely separate from business transactions, keeping two separate set up books, and having two separate checking accounts. There are benefits, however, to tracking some personal items using our business account. Once benefit is that it keeps the items we need to track for taxes in one location and tax preparation and compliance if often one of the main goals for small businesses. The business QuickBooks account is often much more organized then the personal records because special focus has been spent on tracking the accounts and on using the bank account for guidance. If we can use the same QuickBooks account for tax related items we must track it can simplify our lives. We do run the risk, however, of combining business and personal records in a confusing way so we do need to