Re: Home document management?

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's what I do too - keep the bank and credit card statements but
dump
anything but the most recent utility bill in the shredder.

HMRC recommend you keep bank information etc for 22 months after the tax
year they relate to, although for some things they will need to be kept
longer.

They've also got some information on what paper records you should still
keep even if you scan the bulk of stuff here:* *
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pdfs/sabk4.htm

Andy


On 11/12/06, Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Why keep them at all?  With the exception of bank statements, I just
> keep the most recent.  I'm tempted to lob the statements too - on the
> extremely rare occasion that I might unexpectedly need one, I can
always
> get a copy from the bank.
>
> Anything that might be needed for the tax return (hmm, that reminds
> me...) goes in an envelope, otherwise it's hello shredder!
>
> Mal
>


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