Cash payments how should i handle this

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I do a receipt with each payment and on the reciept write if it was cash or a cheque. I use a book that has duplicates so that is my record of how and when I was paid. The parent gets their copy that they can file to show they paid. I still give an annual receipt in January for tax time with all of my information on it. It doesn't cost that much to give receipts - a book has 50 so that is basically one book per child per year and they are under $5 a book - even the dollar store has some usually. Then if you were audited you have your books that show how and when you were paid and shows how you arrived at the amount you claimed on taxes.