Nervous...

Why is it when you think you have done everything right that you are still nervous when it comes to an IRS audit!!!? Good Grief! I guess its like when OSHA comes to the job-site!!! I mean we have a killer safety plan... over 1100 pages, all kinds of certifications, safety talks... haven't had an incident in 11 years, but... they make you nervous... and they usually find "something" to write you up for! I imagine the irs audit will be similar... i hope i am wrong. Our construction company is being audited starting tomorrow and i am nervous!!! They are reviewing the year 2007. The one really great year (business-wise)we have had in... well a long time!!! Besides the audit they also want a "tour" of our Facilities! So i feel the need to clean like a crazy person! Why do they care if you could eat off the floor in the office or the shop for that matter? They probably don't!! goodness! oh well... its going to be anyways!! Actually things have been pretty clean around here lately, but sometimes areas in the office get a little crazy... Like a 6 inch pile of weird papers on the corner of my desk... It drives me nuts, but I don't seem to take the time to find files for them all... We have been working on ebay-ing some things around here so i had some boxes in there... since i photograph on the drawing table and then list at one of the computers. At least we have an awesome filing system and every year is designated a clear plastic box when that year is over... sometimes a year has two boxes if it was a big year! Our filing cabinet is color coded, so that each department has a color... and you don't use that color in any other area. For example... insurances are yellow, tax returns - dark blue, employee files are orange and so on... it is really easy to remember where stuff goes. We also have what is called a tickler system. we have files labeled for each month of the year, one says next year, one says "i don't know" and then we have one for each week, 1st thru 4th. So when ever mail comes in we file it in the file when we want to do it. It works really good! We have been using it for years!! We also scan almost every thing in, that lets us throw out a lot more stuff! So we have only spent a day or so (altogether) getting together all the stuff they need for the audit. But it was a lot of stuff!! my goodness! I think we are as ready as we will ever be for an audit! I hope we don't have to do this very often!!!