You don't actually have to the capital outlay and do all the scanning and whatnot yourself. There are firms that have all the gear that do this stuff as their business.
As well, bear in mind that most business documentation - invoices, bills and whatnot - need to be kept as a hard copy for tax and legal purposes for a prescribed period of time. I think it's 7 years, but that may be dependent on the jurisdiction.
It's been my experience that the "paperless office" is far from paperless. Everyone figures they need a printout of that email, or a hard copy of that web page... *yeesh*
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