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How long to keep paperwork ???
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I have all my bank statements going back to 2000, when I split with my wife, just in case.
I have all the letters and statements about mortgages going back to 1983.
You never know when officialdom will strike - my cousin recently had demands from the Child Support Agency for his two children who are now 30 and 28!"There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock0 -
Don't get paper bills anymore for anything, except council tax.
Everything thing else is done online.
Have a couple of full and final debt settlement letters from years ago, and some letters saying various accounts are unenforcable as no agreements exist, but these are all 7 + years old now, and long forgotten about, but I still keep them, just in case.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free wannabe, Credit file and ratings, and Bankruptcy and living with it boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.For free non-judgemental debt advice, contact either Stepchange, National Debtline, or CitizensAdviceBureaux.Link to SOA Calculator- https://www.stoozing.com/soa.php The "provit letter" is here-https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2607247/letter-when-you-know-nothing-about-about-the-debt-aka-prove-it-letter0
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