Questions - 1 to 60 of 60
Do you think the government should compensate you for dealing with the added paperwork and record-keeping it requires of your business?
What do you think would be a fair per hour amount to claim for your time and efforts?
If the decision were made to reimburse you, what do you think would be a fair per hour amount to claim for your time and effort?
Who does your business’s personnel paperwork and record-keeping? Is it:?
What is the approximate hourly cost of such a person, including benefits, or of the firm hired?
Are the business’s personnel records kept on paper, electronically, or both?
After an employee leaves, how long do you keep those records before getting rid of them?
Two years after an employee leaves, how accessible are their records? Are they:?
How do you dispose of personnel records that are on paper? Do you:?
How do you dispose of electronic personnel records? Do you:?
Do you secure and limit access to personnel records?
Who does your business’s financial paperwork and record-keeping? Is it:?
Are the business’s financial records kept on paper, electronically, or both?
How long do you keep those records before getting rid of them?
If you need a financial record that is two years old, how accessible is it?
How do you dispose of financial records that are on paper? Do you:?
How do you dispose of electronic financial records? Do you:?
Who does your business’s maintenance paperwork and record-keeping? Is it:?
Are the business’s maintenance records kept on paper, electronically, or both?
If you need a maintenance record that is two years old, how accessible is it? Is it:?
Who does your business’s license and permit paperwork and record-keeping? Is it:?
Are the business’s license and permit records kept on paper, electronically, or both?
After they expire, how long do you keep those records before getting rid of them?
If you wanted to retrieve a license or permit that expired two years ago, how accessible is it? Is it:?
Who does your business’s purchases paperwork and record-keeping? Is it:?
Are records of your purchases kept on paper, electronically, or both?
If you wanted to retrieve a purchase record that is two years old, how accessible is it? Is it:?
Who does your business’s paperwork and record-keeping for government information requests? Is it:?
Are copies of those information requests kept on paper, electronically, or both?
If you wanted to retrieve a government information request that was made two years ago, how accessible is it? Is it:?
Who does your business’s customer or client paperwork and record-keeping? Is it:?
How long after someone stops being a customer or client do you keep those records before getting rid of them?
If you wanted to retrieve a customer or client record that was two years old, how accessible is it? Is it:?
How do you dispose of customer or client records that are on paper? Do you:?
How do you dispose of electronic customer or client records? Do you:?
Do you secure and limit access to customer or client records?
Who does your business’s tax records? Is it:?
Are your tax records kept on paper, electronically, or both?
If you wanted to retrieve a tax record that is two years old, how accessible is it? Is it:?
How do you dispose of tax records that are on paper? Do you:?
How do you dispose of electronic tax records? Do you:?
You indicated that an unpaid family member kept some business records for you. If you had to purchase that service, about how much on a dollars per hour basis, including benefits, would you have to pay for someone else to do it?
If you could pay someone to take over all the paperwork you must complete, how much, on a dollars per hour basis, would you be willing to pay?
What is the most difficult aspect of government paperwork for your business?
Do you have one or more computers in your business?
Do you have stand alone PCs, a local area network, or both?
Does your business use the Internet for business reasons regularly, periodically, or aren’t you on the Internet?
How do you reach the Internet?
Volume 3, Issue 5, 2003 ISSN - 1534-8326
William J. Dennis, Jr. NFIB Research Foundation