paper records

How long do you keep records of paper transactions?

I have just been through mine and found records of my camera insurance going back 2 years. Umpteen sheets of conditions attached on each year, now my box file contents are a lot smaller

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I try not to keep any apart from strong legal documents - most of which are held by our lawyer. I keep all copies of letters, documents, receipts for bills paid on line or scanned into folders on my computer. So not long until they go to the shredder.

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I still have wage slips, car rego, electric, water and phone bills from decades ago as well as supermarkets receipts from a couple of years ago - problem with those is that they go blank after a while.

I do purge them every so often.

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Once the guarantees run out, I bin them.

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You can throw them in the loo - the ink is usually soluble so washes off.

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Hi

As stated, until the warranty expires , tax and pay stuff 6 years.

Important stuff, deeds, wills,certificates etc I keep in a fireproof box.

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Tax and old invoices/receipts - five years.

Will and deeds in my safe - kept in perpetuity

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Ditto. I keep my monthly payslips (detailing my company pension) until I receive the P60 for that year then shred them.

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I am still sorting through my late OH's files. He died 3 years ago & some go back years. Any not relevant now I shread.