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Wage Slips

The_Fiddler_2
The_Fiddler_2 Posts: 565 Forumite
in Employment, jobseeking & training
How far back should you keep old wage slips?
Noobie (not so :D) trying to make loads a dosh - please bear with all my questions :beer: Thanks :D


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  • fengirl_2
    fengirl_2 Posts: 4,530 Forumite
    Until you receive your P60 for the year.
    £705,000 raised by client groups in the past 18 mths :beer:
  • The_Fiddler_2
    The_Fiddler_2 Posts: 565 Forumite
    So in theory you would only need to keep about a year's worth?

    How long should you keep a P60 for?
    Noobie (not so :D) trying to make loads a dosh - please bear with all my questions :beer: Thanks :D


  • Mark7799
    Mark7799 Posts: 4,805 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Six years in case of any HMRC queries
    Gwlad heb iaith, gwlad heb galon
  • chuckley
    chuckley Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    i have some dating back to 2001! not on purpose, just coz im a hoarder!
  • The_Fiddler_2
    The_Fiddler_2 Posts: 565 Forumite
    chuckley wrote: »
    i have some dating back to 2001! not on purpose, just coz im a hoarder!

    LOL mine go back to when I started work in 1994 - I've changed jobs since then lol, I think some of them can go :D
    Noobie (not so :D) trying to make loads a dosh - please bear with all my questions :beer: Thanks :D


  • LittleVoice
    LittleVoice Posts: 8,974 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Keeping individual payslips (or samples of them) for longer may be useful if you want to prove that you were paid at a particular level in a job.

    (Because in one tax year you can have different pay rates because you are promoted for instance and also a P60 is issued by whoever is employing you at the year end while you may have worked for two or more employers whose payments are included in the P60.)
  • thesim
    thesim Posts: 411 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I was told to keep all of my payslips.
  • The_Fiddler_2
    The_Fiddler_2 Posts: 565 Forumite
    Umm I'm in a quandry now lol - to keep or to ditch???
    Noobie (not so :D) trying to make loads a dosh - please bear with all my questions :beer: Thanks :D


  • Mudd14
    Mudd14 Posts: 856 Forumite
    Personaly I have kept all of mine since I started work about 6-7 years ago
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I have all my payslips going back to 1985. I took home just over £500 back in October 1985, when I started work following graduation.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
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