In order to get my current job, I had to produce tax returns from about 7 years ago. I am just saying.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Sep 16, 2009 11:20:06 am PDT #9165 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Jesse - Sep 16, 2009 11:20:09 am PDT #9166 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I don't get them in paper format at all anymore. (Bank statements, I mean.)
Dana - Sep 16, 2009 11:20:41 am PDT #9167 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm pretty sure the IRS recommends 7 years for stuff like tax returns. I am far too paranoid to get rid of any tax returns. Or bills, really. We have too much paper.
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2009 11:21:03 am PDT #9168 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
McSweeney's is doing a whole series of article on bedbugs. Here is the first: [link]
Dana - Sep 16, 2009 11:21:48 am PDT #9169 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
shrift - Sep 16, 2009 11:35:08 am PDT #9170 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Now that I know I may need it, I hang onto anything related to taxes, investments, insurance, and employment (including pay stubs). I keep bank/credit card statements and bills for a while, and hang onto my HSA-related receipts for at least a year or two.
But even so, I've got a lot of shit I should shred.
Ginger - Sep 16, 2009 11:39:29 am PDT #9171 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Clark Howard says toss things like utility bills within a few months, but to keep anything tax related forever. You will note that there is no limit on not filing a return or filing a fradulent return, so if the IRS decides 20 years from now you've filed something the IRS thinks is fradulent, you'll need the records. The IRS has also been known to notice 10 years later that you didn't file a return, and it's up to you to prove you did.
He also emphasizes keeping your most recent pay stub, as insurance against your company disappearing and leaving you without W-2 information and keeping anything that shows you paid off something major forever.
Amy - Sep 16, 2009 11:41:27 am PDT #9172 of 30001
Because books.
In order to get my current job, I had to produce tax returns from about 7 years ago. I am just saying.
How come? That seems startling to me. That they're asking to see them at all, I mean, not just going back seven years.
Gudanov - Sep 16, 2009 11:51:55 am PDT #9173 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
A rocky planet has been found outside the solar system.
It appears to be a poor place to buy real estate though.
Dana - Sep 16, 2009 11:57:03 am PDT #9174 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Nothing like trying to buy something off a website, having it refused, and calling the credit card company to find out that your number "may" have been compromised and they're closing your account immediately.
Now to wait the 3-5 days to get a new card.