Offers family child care providers a convenient way to keep papers, attendance records, and receipts in one place. Child care providers get tips on using the Calendar-Keeper 2005 effectively, including how to: (1) organize and report expenses; (2) track meals and snacks to meet the requirements of the new standard meal allowance rule; (3) identify properly purchases that can be calculated as business deductions; (4) handle receipts that represent several categories of expenses; and (4) use the attendance and payment log, the payment and income record, household expenses and income tax worksheets, and other records and lists. Specific tax record-keeping tips cover the household expenses a provider can claim as business deductions, such as property tax, mortgage interest, utilities, house insurance, house depreciation, home repairs and improvements, and personal property depreciation as well as time spent outside of business hours interviewing parents or talking to them on the phone and cleaning, cooking, and preparing activities when children are not present. Also included with each month of the calendar are recipes, nutrition notes, and suggested activities for children.
