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1. Purge Your Office.  Even if you don't mind a little mess and dust, too much clutter can add to daily stress and chaos.  With the New Year, toss out whatever is outdated, no longer relevant, or a duplicate. 
2. Organize Your Paper Files. One study found that the average person wastes over 4 hours per week searching for papers.  Go through your filing cabinets and shred anything that's out of date or no longer relevant to your business. 
3. Ditch Paper Receipts.  Considering the IRS accepts electronic copies of receipts, there's really no reason for you to continue hanging on to all those tiny paper slips.  Find a receipt management scanner or app for your smartphone (such as Neat Receipts) and make sure your solution lets you export data to whatever expense reporting/accounting app you use.  
4. Use the Cloud for Storage and Sharing. If you haven't done so already, start using cloud-based tools to share and save documents.  For example, Google Drive lets you store up to 15GB for free, while giving clients or colleagues access to collaborate.  Other tools include Dropbbox and Box. 
5. Tame Your Inbox. If your email inbox has become a catch-all for every email you've received over the past years, it's time to clean house.  It is possible to manage your email inbox so you only see the messages you still need to deal with and everything else is neatly archived for safe keeping. 
6. Get the Right Note-Taking Tool.  One key to staying organized and effective as a small business owner is having the right solution for jotting down any tasks or inspirations when they strike. 
7. Tidy Up Your Social Media Profiles. It's not just your email inbox and desktop that fall prey to clutter.  Take stock of where your business has a social presence and drop any accounts that are no longer in use. 
8. Meet with a Tax Advisor. Don't wait until it's time to file your returns to start thinking about taxes.  Make an appointment with a CPA or tax advisor early in the year. 
9. Take Charge of Your Books. If you run a small business, you already have some kind of process in place for invoicing, processing payments, recording expenses and tracking projects.  But if you haven't updated your process lately, chances are there's an app out there to help make these administrative tasks easier and more efficient. 
10. Tie Up Any Legal Loose Ends. This is the perfect opportunity to tie up any loose ends you've been putting off in prior years.  Did you file a DBA (Doing Business As) for your business name?  Did you get a Tax ID number?  Are all your licenses and local permits in order?  Did you make any changes to your corporation and LLC and still need to file an Articles of Amendment to record those changes with the state?  

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