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Question How long should you keep home files such as phone,electricity and so on. My futile attempt to get organized is turning into a nightmare. Thanks for your help
Answer Tom
I keep all bills paid in a Bills Paid file by year.
I label it like "BILLS PAID / TAXES 2006"
After I use them to do my taxes, I take them from my nearby desk file, keep them together with the copy of my taxes for the year and put them in a closet that I do not use to much - like an archive. I know where it is but I want it out of the way. You don't have to keep tax/bill information more than 7 years.
In this way they are easy to retrieve, if necessary and by year, so I don't have to look thru years of bills or tax returns. I do find that I occasionally do have to retrive this info.
