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For one day only, all day tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20th you can order my newest book 1,000 Best Time Saving Strategies and get your BONUSES worth $98!!! This book is the companion book to the bestselling 1,000 Best Organizing Secrets. Tuesday only is my one chance to make the book a #1 Bestseller with your help! And as a thank you for your purchase you'll receive: Bonus #1 "18 Minute Spring Cleaning" Special Report & Checklist Bonus #2 Audio program "Easiest Photo Organizing Solution Ever!" Bonus #3 Step-by-Step Instructions for "Organizing Your Home Office in a Weekend" Bonus #4 "Meal Planning Made Easy" A guide to saving time in your kitchen Bonus #5 Invitation Only live class-by-phone with Jamie on Wednesday April 4th 9-10pm est (Can’t make it? It will be recorded) Don't miss out! Look for a special email from me tomorrow or go directly to www.JamieNovak.com
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Which Papers to Keep and Which Papers to Toss
This week's clutter challenge is to get clear about which papers you can toss and which you should hold onto. It's time for Spring Cleaning, and with tax time about a month away papers are probably high on your priority list. *Be sure to forward this helpful list to your family and friends right now, they'll thank you * Papers You Can Toss Receipts No need to keep every receipt. If you tend to return things or fear tossing the receipt only to need it the next day then have a temporary holding place for the month, the usual period of time in which you have to return something. Overall receipts that aren't warranty, insurance, or tax related do not need to be kept. If you keep receipts for account balancing purposes, you must make a weekly time to go through them to keep track of expenses. Throw away the receipts when you finish.
Warranties and Manuals One of the best ways to store warranty information or manuals is to use my no fail binder solution. Simply take a 3 ring binder and fill it with clear plastic sheet protectors. Keep all the information related to an item (receipt, photo, warranty information, user manual) together in one sleeve. Coupons I know you want to save money, but sometimes we cut coupons that we'll never use. Plus think if the time you waste and the stress you put yourself under, sometimes the thirty cents might not be worth it. Recipes Designate one place to store recipes that look good and that you want to try. Then try them. Keep the winners and toss the losers. You might also set criteria, for example, a recipe with too many ingredients immediately gets tossed. Magazines and Catalogs Do you have stacks of magazines that you plan to read one day? If so try ripping out the articles you really want to read and carry them with you to read whenever you have a moment. Keeping catalogs for inspiration? Tear out the idea and toss the catalog. Holding onto catalogs to order from? Tear out the page with the item and keep the back page with the ordering information. Artwork and schoolwork your children create. It is impossible to save every piece, and if you try the best gets lost among the mess. Instead try an unused pizza box per child, write his or her name on the outside and keep one item per week per child. The boxes stack well under beds or on shelves. Still have too many? Try taking a photo of your child holding the item. Memorabilia Give yourself and every member of your family a treasure box where you can store treasures from years gone by. As the box fills up sort through and keep your favorites.
Papers to Keep Permanently (store in disaster proof box)
q Adoption and Custody Papers
q Advance Directive
q Audit Records
q Auto Insurance Card and Registration
q Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates
q Burial Lot Deed
q Citizenship and Naturalization Papers
q Diplomas and Transcripts
q Home Inventory / Appraisals
q Insurance Policies and Records of Claims
q Insurance Records
q IRA Contributions
q Medical History
q Military Documents
q Motor Vehicle Titles, Purchase Receipts, and Licenses
q Passports
q Power of Attorney
q Real Estate Records
q Records of Auto Service and Repair
q Separation and Divorce Paperwork
q Settlement Agreements
q Social Security Card
q Tax Returns and Supporting Documentation
q Will (active ones only, once probated you can shred it)
Items to Keep Temporarily (while active plus seven years for taxes)
- Some of these papers and statements may be kept on file with the financial institution, if you have access to them then you are OK.
Stocks, Bonds, and Other Securities Bank Accounts, Account of Ownership Registers, and Statements Cancelled Checks Savings Certificates List of Credit, ATM and Debit cards, Credit Contracts, Records of Credit Payments, and Account Statements Receipts and Records of Deductible Expenses, Income, and Tax Payments
- This is a suggested list, it is recommended to have your tax professional review the list to be sure it meets with your situation.
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