Keeping Pay-stubs

[The Impossible Girl]

How long should I keep my pay-stubs? I recently moved and found a box filled with random paperwork including pay-stubs from 2009 at a company I no longer work at. I have a tendency to keep things far longer than I need, so I'm just curious, should I continue to keep them or shred and trash them?

[Deleted]

I'm a total freak and have saved like three years of pay stubs. I'm not sure why. I should really trash them.

[The Impossible Girl]

May 14, 2012 18:46:33 GMT -5 kooshball said:

Aren't they all online now?

from my more recent jobs yes. This one...nope.

[The Impossible Girl]

May 14, 2012 18:47:52 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

I'm a total freak and have saved like three years of pay stubs. I'm not sure why. I should really trash them.

This is how I feel. lol

[rex]

I'm a freak and keep them all until we do our taxes. Then I shred them. I see no point in keeping them for that long but I'm paranoid.

[milkrations]

I shred them as soon as I get my W-2 for the year. I see no reason to hold on to them longer than that.

[Deleted]

This is a good question. In cleaning out my office I found paystubs dating back to when I started my job in 2007 . I have moved twice since then, it makes me sad that for some reason I have felt the need to drag this around for 5 years.

I suppose I should start shredding.

[The Impossible Girl]

May 14, 2012 19:15:31 GMT -5 @kjewell said:

This is a good question. In cleaning out my office I found paystubs dating back to when I started my job in 2007 . I have moved twice since then, it makes me sad that for some reason I have felt the need to drag this around for 5 years.

I suppose I should start shredding.

That's what I'll be doing later tonight.

Thank you to everyone who responded.

[freddyisready]

I used old paystubs when my identity got stolen. Someone opened phone, cable, gas, and electric in my name in Arizona. I submitted copies of my paystubs and college transcripts proving I lived in Alaska at the time. Every few years I stick all my stubs in a manilla envelope and write the date on it. I think I have paystubs from 10 years ago. I think you should at least keep them for two years though.