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Financial Record Storage and Safekeeping

We’ve all got reams of papers, paystubs, receipts, sticky notes and possibly even old matchbook covers with important financial information stored on them.  It’s important to keep some of these documents safe, in order to provide proof of purchase, documentation for deductions, and the like.  You never know when a significant event could occur in your home that could put these documents at risk.  Fire, flooding, tornadoes, blizzards, and three-year-olds can emerge out of nowhere and could possibly destroy your important documents.  We’ve discussed how long to keep these documents in the past.  Recently the IRS published their Summertime Tax Tip 2013-04, which details some recommendations for safe storage of your documents.  The text of the Tip follows. Keep Tax and Financial Records Safe in Case of a Natural Disaster Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters are more common in the summer. The IRS encourages you to take a […]