How long to keep paperwork ...

LE3

Does anybody have a list, or just some ideas, on how long you should keep different paperwork?

• Bank statements, credit card bills, annual bank statement things
• Pay slips
• Insurance docs (eg last years house insurance, do I need to keep it now I've moved to a different company?)
• Utility bills/annual statements

And all those similar sorts of things!

I'm getting overrun with papers but I don't want to shred something I may need at some point!

(Sorry if this is in the wrong place, it looked the most logical sub forum to put it in!)

want_to_save

Hi this is what we do

payslips - indefinately
bank statements - 7 years
utility bills - 7 years
insurance docs - 7 years

hope this helps

fluffymuffy

Most things 7 years.
Things to do with tax or employment (and self-employment) 10 years.
Things to do with paying off big sums of money are kept forever (in case they say we didn't pay).

yangptangkipperbang

LE3 wrote: »

Does anybody have a list, or just some ideas, on how long you should keep different paperwork?

[*]Bank statements, credit card bills, annual bank statement things
[*]Pay slips
[*]Insurance docs (eg last years house insurance, do I need to keep it now I've moved to a different company?)
[*]Utility bills/annual statements

The vast majority of the stuff listed above I get online - NO paper !