Are you a receipt keeper?

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Registered: 02-19-2003
Are you a receipt keeper?
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Wed, 07-01-2009 - 11:26am

Do you keep receipts for everything?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 07-01-2009 - 4:47pm

I keep my payment receipts when I pay bills online, but once they hit that virtual file, I never see them again.

 

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 07-01-2009 - 4:51pm

I keep receipts until I see that my accounts reflect the correct balance or until I'm sure I won't need to return anything. Unless they're for tax purposes or something equally file-worthy, I shred or toss them at that point.

My debt payoff is tracked on a spreadsheet - couldn't be easier!

Sarah


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Sarah
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Registered: 05-01-2009
Mon, 07-06-2009 - 8:05am
DH keeps ALL receipts and it's been driving me crazy.

 


I'm a frugal momma!


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Registered: 04-10-2003
Mon, 07-06-2009 - 8:19am
I am for tax purposes and large items. I have a shoebox that I throw them into and then at the end of the month (or two or three, who am I kidding) I sort and file. Its been helpful to me since I have always been able to find things that I am looking for pretty quickly!

Bex -


"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift -thats why its called the present."


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Registered: 11-14-2008
Mon, 07-06-2009 - 11:44am

Bf and I have an important basket I set up. All the opened mail and receipts go in there. Then I sort it once in awhile(every couple weeks) and file things, throw them out or do something with it(pay it or reorganize). We have a filing cabinet, and the unimportant receipts get grouped by month(I am making a spread sheet to track our spending), and other receipts that are tax worthy get put into the next years tax file. I also have several other file folders in the cabinet like car, one for each bank statement or loan, kids, phone, hydro, mortgage, insurance, etc......


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Registered: 12-22-2003
Mon, 07-06-2009 - 12:43pm
Hi everyone! I keep receipts but after I log them into my budget, I trash them.
From Dedi
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Registered: 08-04-2008
Mon, 07-06-2009 - 10:57pm

I keep all receipts, even grocery stores for the most part, and file them every couple weeks or so.