How to organize paperwork?

[texmati]

I don't know is this is the best place to put this.

Does anyone have a system for organizing important papers? Like which papers to keep, and how do you organize them?

We do most of our bill paying online so we don't keep any of those statements.

And I know we are supposed to keep tax statements. But what about things for the house, like the bill for the new gutters? Are we supposed to keep reciepts for things like paint? What about medical bills, what information should we keep?

Right now we just have piles of paper in the study, kitchen and on the cofee table. Does anyone have a system to keep track of all this stuff?

[BurtsGirl]

We use a two-drawer filing cabinet to organize papers. We have everything broken down into folders and it's easy-peasy to just open the drawer and shove in the paper to the appropriate folder. We try to remember to clean it out once a year though, or we'll just wait until the drawer is over flowing, .

We keep bill statements, CCD statements, insurance (life, medical, car, house) information, warranty information, Home improvement paperwork - if it was a large job like flooring, windows, etc (you can sometimes use these on your tax form), Tax (Car, property, and income) information, Repair (home & car) information and major purchases. That's all I can think of off hand.

Hope that helps. Good luck getting organized.