Your statements...whether you get paper or email version?
Just tidying at year end and wondering?
I have a lovely bill box with categories of my dif utilities, my bank statements, Credit Card statements etc.
What do you do???
Tuesday, Nice weekend!
1 day ago
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I tend to toss anything that's over a year..unless it's tax-related and then I keep it for pretty much ever!
That's a good question! I have about two years worth of stuff, but that's ONLY because I'm really lazy and haven't got around to cleaning out my filing cabinet yet.
But realistically? I would say 6 months. I don't believe there's a need to keep anything longer than that (apart from tax info).
I do not keep it if I know I can get it online.
But if I can't I try to keep for a year. Unless it's something that's not a monthly thing (like GST and whatnot), that's for 7 years.
I file all my invoices throughout the year in our office desk drawer. At the end of the year, I move the files to a dated banker's box (and then to the basement) and create new files for the upcoming year.
Approximately a year, then we shred them. And like Kim, if it's tax related, then 7 years.
I was just wondering the same thing!!!!!
I just throw everything into a box at Year end and forget about it... I mark the box with the year, just in case.
I just pulled off the instructions from the IRS. All tax related stuff for 3 years only...I thought it was 7. I was glad...
As far as utility bills, they can be tossed. I'm in the process of doing this myself...
Wow thanks everyone!! I loved reading how everyone keeps track of their information.
I know I have all of my income tax files from when I first started filing.
I have paystubs (most of them) going back about 5 or 6 years.
Bank Records only go back to Juneish of 2008
I will keep my MC/VISA statements for now.
Utilities have been dutifully entered into my rudimentary database and shredded.
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