Just wanted to ask a quick question regarding keeping track of earnings throughout the year. Please PM only. Was wondering if it's necessary to do so or does it not matter?

On  a silmilar vein - how many of you ladies/gents register with inland revenue as professional escorts and claim business expenses?
Is it worth it?

yes thats what I meant. Meaning, whether its necessary to 'data entry' each time we get a booking. I had done it once last summer, but then got bored and just decided to not to. However, with it being the beginning of the year...I want to be able to monitor which months and which times of the year do better...I like having stats and data to look back on.

The only reason I asked is to know if others do the same, or if its not necessary.

Surely its completely different for you.  Its a legal profession over here which is why we pay tax on it which means we need to keep track of our income, we are classed as self employed.  Surely if its illegal in the US then its just cash in hand for you so its your decision how you monitor your incomings and outgoings

I just take the money after each booking (or day) and split it 3 ways into different places:

money for the house and bills, food etc in my purse
money to save in my saving tin in the drawer
money to treat myself with - in a separate purse for my next shopping trip!

If i don't do this i just spend it recklessly.

It's a good idea to keep track though, that way you can see a pattern of which days/weeks/months are busier and take your days off on the quiet days(although you can probably see the pattern without keeping a written or computer record). The massage place i work in one day a week has everything all organised and they have a TON of paperwork to do all the time though. x