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So I've been doing my taxes and looking over all these papers I have, which is a LOT. I've got bank statements and credit card bills and cable bills and all this old stuff that's been paid and taken care of but that I kept anyway, just because it seemed like a good idea. Do most people keep all this stuff? For how long? I've got copies of old bills from 1998, I know I've got to throw somethings out here.
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If you have access to a computer, go to the federal taxation and revenue service's web site. In the USA this is www.irs.gov and in Canada it's www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca
These Web sites will tell you exactly how long you need to keep tax related papers.
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Credit card bills and bank statements you should keep forever.
Card recepts and invocies that were payed with a card you can keep untill the statement comes out, then once you have checked everything is ok then you can tear them up.
Cheque book stubs I think you have to keep forever. Tax papers its a good idea to keep forever [this is going on the uk tax, FYI]
For anything else not covered, try asking an intdependant finactial adviser or your bank.
This is a link to a UK tax site that might help you somewhat: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
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