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Legal File Dividers – Legal-Size Dividers

Posted: 2/16/22 | Category:  Filing Supplies, How-To's, Product Review | By: 

Custom Legal Divider Tabs

Staying organized around the office is so much easier when you have these legal file dividers from The Supplies Shops. Our long file dividers provide the perfect place to store any legal-size papers or other oddly-shaped documents and forms that won’t fit in a standard filing cabinet made for 8” x 11” formats. This ensures that each and every paper lying around can be neatly organized, especially since our legal-size file dividers also feature convenient tabs across the top.

Can’t find the right style of legal-size file folders with dividers to suit your needs? Thanks to our Custom File Divider Wizard, it’s easy to create the perfect filing system for your unique needs. Learn more about how to use our legal dividers efficiently and discover the many customization options we offer for an incredibly affordable price.

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Lithium Battery Labels for Safe Transportation!

Posted: 9/4/18 | Category:  How-To's, Product Review | By: 

With transportation comes regulations of how certain items can be shipped from one place to another. There are special packaging requirements for items that can be harmful if handled improperly.

The growth of electronic products has increased the demand for lithium batteries all over the world. However, they can be very dangerous and must be handled with caution. There are certain size and watt limits for lithium batteries and the ways they can be transported. Specifically, storing lithium batteries as cargo on a passenger aircraft is banned due to the chance of a catastrophic explosion. The energy created by these batteries can short circuit and catch on fire due to the chemical content.

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Colored Filing Folders: Increase productivity within your business!

Posted: 6/7/18 | Category:  Filing Supplies, How-To's | By: 

colored filing folders in 10 color options

Keeping your files organized and neat can be difficult. The amount of time spent finding files can be wasteful and costly in the long run. Our 11pt end tab colored filing folders may be your solution! The bold colors stand out and make retrieving files a painless process! The folder has a full cut end tab that allows for easy shelf filing and 2 fasteners that keep files securely attached. There are 10 color options available: blue, goldenrod, gray, green, lavender, orange, pink, red, white, and yellow. If a file is out of place, it is obvious and can be easily resolved. For additional organization, these folders have scored tick marks for color coded labels to be applied.

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Direct Mail Best Practices 2018: Tips and Trends

Posted: 5/31/18 | Category:  How-To's, Workplace | By: 

     The convenience and speed of digital marketing has made it an obvious choice for all organizations. Email especially has become a saturated marketing medium, making it hard for businesses to differentiate one promotional email from the next. The flood of messages being sent daily often get diverted to spam folders and ignored. Even with digital targeting techniques, email lists can be unqualified, leading to deleted mail and users unsubscribing from the list, meaning your message won’t even be delivered. To stand out, many have chosen to bring back the tried and true option: direct mail! Direct mail can work hand in hand with digital marketing to create a more effective campaign. By using both, you are bringing the audience your message on two platforms that can help it stick. 

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Who Has to Report – New Healthcare Law Requirements

Posted: 1/4/16 | Category:  Forms, How-To's, Workplace | By: 

Under the Affordable Care Act, applicable large employers (those with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees) are required to take some new actions this tax season. These employers must file information returns with the IRS and also provide statements to full-time employees about health coverage the employer offered or to show the employer didn’t offer coverage.
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Tips for Completing Affordable Care Act Tax Forms

Posted: 12/8/15 | Category:  Forms, How-To's, Workplace | By: 

Beginning in January 2016, employers are REQUIRED to file annual information returns with the IRS and deliver employee statements containing information about health plan coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility Rule. Employers should take note that this is in addition to reporting health care costs on W-2 forms.

Here are some tips for completing the new Affordable Care Act Tax Forms.
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New Affordable Care Act Tax Forms

Posted: 11/10/15 | Category:  Forms, How-To's, Uncategorized, Workplace | By: 

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, has new reporting requirements for tax season. Beginning in January 2016 the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared responsibility Rule will be fully enforced, requiring employers to file annual information returns with the IRS and deliver employee statements containing information about health plan coverage. This reporting requirement is in addition to reporting health care costs on W-2 forms.
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5 Steps to Ordering Custom Dividers Using the File Divider Wizard

Posted: 12/18/14 | Category:  Filing Supplies, How-To's, Workplace | By: 

Ordering custom dividers has never been easier! Supplies Shops’ Craig McCaa provides a 5–step walkthrough of the file divider wizard. In this tutorial, you will learn how to organize paperwork within file folders. You will select paper options, tab placement and the number of hole punches for your order. Read More >


Streamline Your Filing System with these Top Products

Posted: 11/19/14 | Category:  Filing Supplies, How-To's, Workplace | By: 

Organize Your Files TodayTake a peep into almost any office filing cabinet in your area and you are sure to find classic (read: boring) filing materials being used in classic (read: predictable) ways. With the vast array of office supplies now available, maybe it is time to shake things up and begin to examine how a simple change in filing supplies can not only improve the appearance of an office, but also can legitimately help with your organization and productivity.

Colorizing Your Filing System

It is about time to retire the ubiquitous manila file folder in the drab green hanger that we have all been staring at for the past century. With file folders available in lavender, red, buttercup, pink, and gray and hanging folders to match, there is no longer any reason for today’s office to resemble a Cold War-Era military recruitment office. Not only will a pop of color brighten things up around the office but by assigning differently colored folders to different tasks, accounts, staff, or any other designation, your filing system can increase productivity and reduce errors. Read More >


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