How long should you keep pay slips for?

gerturdeanna · 8 January 2008 at 8:02PM

I'm doing a big clear out in expectation of moving house soon and have come across wage slips from 2004 and 2004 for jobs we are no longer in. Do I still have to keep them or can I shred them?
Thanks

Hapless_2 · 8 January 2008 at 10:14PM

I think the tax office recommends 6 years

gerturdeanna · 8 January 2008 at 10:35PM

Cheers thanks

Mark7799 · 8 January 2008 at 10:36PM

Six years - same as bank statements. I batch mine in groups of twelve so can throw out one year's supply every April

Stephen_Leak · 9 January 2008 at 4:48AM

I keep 6 years + the current year's. I have my "cull" as one of my New Year jobs and have just shredded 2001.

wearside_2 · 9 January 2008 at 5:50AM

I have mine since 1970 when I earned a whopping £35 in a month:eek: Is it time I cleared some out?

sammyjammy · 9 January 2008 at 9:07AM

LOL, I have mine since I started work in Jan 1991, I took home around £350 per month.

Newly_retired · 10 January 2008 at 12:35AM

I have all mine! ( except for casual jobs when a student ). Having just claimed my pension it was useful too check for the years when I worked part-time etc. Now it is all sorted out I guess I could get rid of them.

pavlovs_dog · 10 January 2008 at 12:49AM

i keep mine for 3, because ive been in my job 3 and a half years, and for all that time i have been paid weekly. this will remain the case up until the end of march 08. thats a hell of a lot of payslips :eek: especially considering me and OH both work for the same company :eek: :eek:

i keep my p60s, and i have my back statements going back to early 2000 and something.

sometimes, for all the good will in the world, it simply isnt possible to keep everything.

nomoneytoday · 10 January 2008 at 4:50PM

I would keep the P60s, but ditch the payslips after a couple of years.
At work we now get them scanned and emailed, so no paper to keep

(You can get hard copies if you need them for mortgage apps if required)

ScotGirl_3 · 1 October 2010 at 2:49PM

Hello to everyone who think you need to keep payslips for 6 years!

I am also having a clear out and just googled this - I hate keeping paperwork un-necessarily! Here is a quote from directgov's website:

HMRC suggests you keep your records for at least 22 months from the end of the tax year they relate to. The tax year runs from 6 April to the following 5 April, so keep paperwork until at least 31 January nearly two years later.

If you can work that out from your payslip, then hopefully like me, you can get shredding!!:T

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