Method of recording and identifying intelligence on bank checks by category and of indexing cancelled bank checks by category for subsequent use

Claim 1

A method of recording and identifying tax deduction information on bank checks by category and of indexing cancelled bank checks by category for subsequent use, comprising the steps of providing a list having a plurality of tax deduction categories, each of said categories being denoted by a first indicator visibly distinct from each other first indicator, providing a check register booklet having a plurality of check register pages, providing a check book having a plurality of individual, conventional single part bank checks secured in said book, each of said checks being secured in said book along a serrated line, providing the face of each check with a plurality of second indicators, each of which is visibly distinct from each other second indicator, each of said second indicators corresponding to one of said first indicators, providing a check folder having pockets to receive appropriately configured mounting tabs associated with said check book and with said check register, positioning said list and said check register via positioning the mounting tab thereof in one pocket in said check folder and positioning said book of checks via the positioning of the mounting tab thereof in the other pocket in said check folder adjacent said list so that said list is readily visible at an upper portion of said folder as a check is being written at the lower position of said folder, by reference to said list, selecting a first indicator corresponding to the one of those tax deduction categories to which category the intended recipient of the proceeds of a check to be written belongs, marking a second indicator on the face of a check which corresponds to the selected first indicator, thereby visually to identify the selected category of tax deduction on the face of the check and visibly to distinguish that check from other checks in other of said categories, entering the selected first indicator in said check register thereby to provide a visual indicator in said register for subsequently indicating in said register the location of a check subsequently indexed, then, after the cancelled check is returned to the maker, indexing the check according to tax deduction category with other marked checks in response to inspection of said second indicator.

Claim 2

A method of recording and identifying tax deduction information on bank checks by category and of indexing cancelled bank checks by category for subsequent use, comprising the steps of providing a list having a plurality of tax deduction categories, each of said categories being denoted by a first indicator visibly distinct from each other first indicator, providing a check register booklet having a plurality of check register pages, providing a check book having a plurality of individual, conventional single part bank checks secured in said book, each of said checks being secured in said book along a serrated line, providing the face of each check with a plurality of second indicators, each of which is visibly distinct from each other second indicator, each of said second indicators corresponding to one of said first indicators, providing a check folder having pockets to receive appropriately configured mounting tabs associated with said check book and with said check register, positioning said list and said check register via positioning the mounting tab thereof in one pocket in said check folder and positioning said book of checks via the positioning of the mounting tab thereof in the other pocket in said check folder adjacent said list so that said list is readily visible at an upper portion of said folder as a check is being written at the lower position of said folder, by reference to said list, selecting a first indicator corresponding to the one of those tax deduction categories to which category the intended recipient of the proceeds of a check to be written belongs, marking a second indicator on the face of a check which corresponds to the selected first indicator, thereby visually to identify the selected category of tax deduction on the face of the check and visibly to distinguish that check from other checks in other of said categories, entering the selected first indicator in said check register thereby to provide a visual indicator in said register for subsequently indicating in said register the location of a check subsequently indexed, then, after the cancelled check is returned to the maker, indexing the check according to tax deduction category with other marked checks in response to inspection of said second indicator.