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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 17, 2013

Another April 15 has come and gone, and youre basking in the glow of filing your taxes on time. Glee quickly turns to despair as thoughts drift to the big check you just wrote to Uncle Sam (or the miniscule return you expect), as well as the mess that awaits thanks to tearing the house apart in search of receipts. Knee deep in paper clutter, you mutter that familiar promisenext year Ill get organized.

Being organized certainly makes filing taxes easier, but it also can save you money all year long, says Professional Organizer Susan Fleischman, founder of clutterfree, who blogs about home and office organization for YouCopia.com. If you need a financial incentive to tackle the clutter, here are 20 ways that she says getting organized saves money:

1. Eliminate dupe purchases. When youre organized, you know where stuff is and can access what you need. This eliminates buying duplicates of items you already had but couldnt find, or items that you didnt realize you had.

2. Avoid inflated prices. Milk at midnight at the convenience storelikely costs double what you would pay at the grocery store, where you were earlier in the day. If you had just made a grocery list

3. Find money (literally). While de-cluttering, youll probably find loose change in pockets, purses, briefcases and drawers, and possibly cash you stashed for a rainy day and forgot about. You also may find gift cards, which unless youre organized, typically expire before you discover themalong with those $ 10 birthday checks from grandma that you never cashed.

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