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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

Family Balance Sheet

Bills - Utility bills can be tossed the following month when you receive your next statement and it shows that the bill was paid, unless you need the bill for tax deduction purposes, then refer to Taxes below. Permanent home improvement bills should also be kept while you still own your home.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There were no online saving or bill paying services. On the other hand… there were no drones, stoplight cameras, computer virus problems, identity theft, angst over credit ratings, amber alerts, full body scanners to enter an airport and etc. There were no remote controls. There were no automatically adjusting thermostats.

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