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Having a shredding fest - utility bills, old insurance gone.
I'm ignoring the herd of elephants in the room i.e. bank statements, but how long should I keep them?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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Aren't you supposed to keep them for six years? I think that's it. I must have a shredding fest - loads of the Aged Ps' stuff to shred then loads of mine - it might almost be worth sending it to a data shredding company - I wonder how much they charge?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've kept every bank statement and pay slip since I was 17 - that's 43 years - I've absolutely no idea why
Do I need help?
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Where???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You must have built an annexe on the house solely for paperwork
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Pete.....I had to shred about 50 years of OH's monthly pay slips. Now he has no idea what gets shredded
I dont think I even get bank statements anymore
All those trees
In the sticks near Peterborough
Accountant brother says they should be kept for 7 years but more and more banking happens online now and I, personally, haven't had a paper statement for several years.
I scanned all of mine as they don't take up any room once they are in the computer. No need to buy a scanner nowadays of course, just use a camera like the one in your phone and you can easily keep a permanent record.
I think HMRC asks for 5 years. Then mine go into the compost, torn,but unshredded.
For tax purposes the recommendation is up to 7 years. Anything older than that can go. I also had a shredding fest recently and then had to chuck the shredded paper into the non-recycling bin because our council won't accept shredded paper waste! I didn't have a compost heap on the go at the time, but the mountain of paper would have been far more than I could add to compost anyway.