Wanting to get your financial life under control? The first step toward making that happen is to track your expenses, so you can see where the money is really going.

If that brings to mind nightmare images of ledgers and paper receipts, it's time to come into the 21st century. As with most things in life, there's a digital solution, and it's so much better than the old way. With a few key resources, you'll be organized and improving your fiscal efficiency in no time.

Whether you need to track household finances or keep track of job-related costs to maximize your income tax refund, it's all much easier with the right digital service.

If you travel for business, organize projects for clients, bill your work by tracking time spent for a client, or just bill your daily business expenses to your company, employer or client, then expense reports are part of your routine

For instance, if you need to track personal expenses, try Proexpenser. It gives you a location online for storing all your receipts. It will organize them automatically so you'll never lose one again, and you'll be able to access them quickly if you need to prove a purchase, return an item or backup a deduction.

Getting your receipts into Proexpenser is a cinch. You can e-mail digital receipts directly into an @proexpenser.com e-mail account that you set up yourself. Or you can simply give the account address to the merchant for direct filing.

Dealing mostly with paper receipts? Don't you hate how they take over your pockets or your purse? Just take a snapshot of the receipt with your smartphone. The Proexpenser app then scans and uploads the receipt for you. You can then shred the original. Good riddance. Mobile apps are available for iPhone and Android phones.

http://www.proexpenser.com

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