Please, have a look into my filing tote:
The individual files I have are:
- Jobs - job offers/contracts from former employers, old ROEs, projects I've worked on.
- ING - high interest savings account, TFSA, kick start ING accound - just opened today
- Old Bills - the last bill for my old cell phone, hydro, water - I've heard you can have hook-up fees if you prove that you've had good credit with another provider
- RBC - RRSP - this may be changing soon though, as I'm not completely happy there
- TD - Visa - I keep only 1 year worth of these bills
- Rogers - phone/internet/cable - I usually only keep 2 or 3 months worth of these bills
- Recieps - laptop, computer, kitchen appliances, camera, phone, etc.; basically anything that might break that I'd want fixed
- VANOC - my last job; I should merge this with the Jobs folder now that the contract is over
- Taxes - 7 years worth. I have a 2010 folder on the go where I put my monthly transit passes and my 2009 assessment
- Buying a Home - when I run across personal finance tips around buying a home I print them off and store them here
- Personal Finance - once per year I find out my credit score and this is where the reports go
- Mortgage Info - info about different types of mortgage available - this file is ever changing it seems
- Home Expenses - insurance information goes into here; when I buy a home maybe the condo association information or taxes will go in here
- Insurance - life insurance information will go in here
Wow! So organized! I think I need to start one! I just have those accordian file folder for my statements every month and I have one file per year, but this seems like a really good way of organizing everything!
ReplyDeleteMy filing cabinet is online, I scanned 60 lbs of paper. I only keep stuff I MUST keep in hard copy (birth cert, etc).
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