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Correspondence with Customers and Vendors
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Duplicate Deposit Slips
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Purchase Orders (other than Purchasing Department copy)
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Receiving Sheets
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Requisitions
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Stenographer's Notebooks
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Stockroom Withdrawal Forms
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Bank Statements and Reconciliation's
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Employee Personnel Records (after termination)
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Employment Applications
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Expired Insurance Policies
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General Correspondence
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Internal Audit Reports
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Internal Reports
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Petty Cash Vouchers
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Physical Inventory Tags
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Savings Bond Registration Records of Employees
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Time Cards For Hourly Employees
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Accident Reports, Claims
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Accounts Payable Ledgers and Schedules
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Accounts Receivable Ledgers and Schedules
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Cancelled Checks
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Cancelled Stock and Bond Certificates
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Employment Tax Records
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Expense Analysis and Expense Distribution Schedules
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Expired Contracts, Leases
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Expired Option Records
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Inventories of Products, Materials, Supplies
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Invoices to Customers
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Notes Receivable Ledgers, Schedules
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Payroll Records and Summaries, including payment to pensioners
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Plant Cost Ledgers
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Purchasing Department Copies of Purchase Orders
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Sales Records
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Subsidiary Ledgers
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Time Books
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Travel and Entertainment Records
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Vouchers for Payments to Vendors, Employees, etc.
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Voucher Register, Schedules
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Audit Reports from CPAs/Accountants
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Cancelled Checks for Important Payments (especially tax payments)
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Cash Books, Charts of Accounts
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Contracts, Leases Currently in Effect
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Corporate Documents (incorporation, charter, by-
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Documents substantiating fixed asset additions
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Deeds
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Depreciation Schedules
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Financial Statements (Year End)
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General and Private Ledgers, Year End Trial Balances
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Insurance Records, Current Accident Reports, Claims, Policies
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Investment Trade Confirmations
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IRS Revenue Agents. Reports
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Journals
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Legal Records, Correspondence and Other Important Matters
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Minutes Books of Directors and Stockholders
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Mortgages, Bills of Sale
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Property Appraisals by Outside Appraisers
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Property Records
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Retirement and Pension Records
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Tax Returns and Worksheets
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Trademark and Patent Registrations
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While it's important to keep year-
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Credit Card Statements
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Medical Bills (in case of insurance disputes)
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Utility Records
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Expired Insurance Policies
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Supporting Documents For Tax Returns
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Accident Reports and Claims
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Medical Bills (if tax-
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Property Records / Improvement Receipts
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Sales Receipts
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Wage Garnishments
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Other Tax-
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CPA Audit Reports
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Legal Records
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Important Correspondence
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Income Tax Returns
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Income Tax Payment Checks
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Investment Trade Confirmations
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Retirement and Pension Records
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Car Records (keep until the car is sold)
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Credit Card Receipts (keep until verified on your statement)
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Insurance Policies (keep for the life of the policy)
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Mortgages / Deeds / Leases (keep 6 years beyond the agreement)
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Pay Stubs (keep until reconciled with your W-
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Property Records / improvement receipts (keep until property sold)
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Sales Receipts (keep for life of the warranty)
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Stock and Bond Records (keep for 6 years beyond selling)
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Warranties and Instructions (keep for the life of the product)
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Other Bills (keep until payment is verified on the next bill)
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Depreciation Schedules and Other Capital Asset Records (keep for 3 years after the tax life of the asset)
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