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Merging office suppliers point out shrinking paper and printer sales
The office supply industry has been struggling for years, thanks to new products like tablets and smartphones, coming out at the same time as the 2008 recession. To better compete, many have been adding these type of products to inventory, but a recent merger shows that this isn’t enough. Office Max and Office Depot announced…
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On tax forms, here’s what’s most important
For those filing their tax forms electronically – the deadline for paper has officially passed – mistakes and miscalculations can cause penalties and missed deductions, as well as an audit that may only find more issues with tax forms. While it’s important to check everything when filling out tax forms, there are some areas that require…
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Tablets and interactive boards being used by elementary school students
It's not surprising that town councils and colleges are looking into using tablets and digital documents during meetings to better share information. But now, this tactic is reaching a younger level since so many elementary-age students have grown up with the technology. That's why all classrooms in both public and private schools of Selma and…
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Worried about an audit? Make sure all income is included
In the past few years, the IRS has been cracking down especially on tax mistakes for a number of reasons. After the financial recession, many businesses chose to hire freelancers and contractors to avoid paying full-time benefits, causing an increase in the number of 1099 forms sent out, and since many families were struggling with…
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How many offices are actually paperless?
The idea of "going green" is by no means a new concept, and politicians and businesses have taken the goal of moving into a world with cleaner air seriously. San Francisco led the way with their plastic bag ban in 2007, and being LEED-certified is now typical for many new buildings. For offices, filled with desktops,…
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Universities opting out of campus directories
There has been talk about what office tools may become completely obsolete in the future, if not already – fax machines, desktop computers and cassette recorders have been found by studies to be on their way out. But something else that may soon be added to this list is the phone book. One university has…
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Other tools needed for a paperless office
In almost all industries, there is both an incentive and a way to move towards a paperless office. For the real estate and financial market, e-signature applications allow forms to be exchanged without physically meeting, and for the medical industry patients can speak to doctors using telecommunication software. In both cases, documents must be either…
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Paper surveys still needed to count everyone
We discuss on this blog the advantages of having a paperless office – security, efficiency and affordability are often what comes to mind for most businesses. But few are fully paperless, even with these incentives. However, this may be a good thing. As convenient as digital resources are, one major reason behind using paper documents…
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Courts may soon see paperless system
The ability to e-file court documents is slowly becoming more popular around the country, as the cost of tablets and e-readers goes down and the cost of printing and managing paper documents goes up. In November of last year, the Illinois Supreme Court allowed electronic court records to be considered official documents, and slowly but…