How long do you keep your paycheck stubs

**Palooka** · 08-17-2009, 08:11 PM

What general rule do you follow? Months or years or just a few recent ones? Just curious.

**tangerine** · 08-17-2009, 08:20 PM

I'm the bookkeeper, so I can print a set any time I might need

But I usually keep them for a few months.

**mauimagic** · 08-17-2009, 08:24 PM

We get paid twice a month. I keep the 4 most current.

**dschipman** · 08-17-2009, 08:29 PM

I keep about a month.

**Palooka** · 08-17-2009, 08:47 PM

This may be a stupid question...but here it goes. What is the importance of keeping them? I know.. say if you are buying a house, child support, or something like that, but what other reasons can you think of?

I only ask because I hate more paper in my files that need to be.

**Neeley** · 08-17-2009, 08:53 PM

None.

DH is paid by direct deposit. He doesn't get a pay stub. He is a salaried employee so no real variation in his pay, deductions, etc... If he ever wants to see a breakdown, he can pull it up on his computer at work.

**ladykemma2** · 08-17-2009, 08:53 PM

i keep them for ten years, recently audited by the IRS and they asked for my check stubs for the past three years.

**MaryCarney** · 08-17-2009, 08:59 PM

I keep mine until I get another one!! Life's too short to hang onto a bunch of paper when the data is stored in someone else's computer!

**monkeywrangler71** · 08-17-2009, 09:03 PM

I keep them 7 years, with our tax files. They aren't paper anymore though, they are pdfs downloaded off of the company website. My husband's supplemental health insurance premiums are tax deductible, and the pay-stubs are the only thing I have that give the amounts.

**Palooka** · 08-17-2009, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by Neeley

None.

DH is paid by direct deposit. He doesn't get a pay stub. He is a salaried employee so no real variation in his pay, deductions, etc... If he ever wants to see a breakdown, he can pull it up on his computer at work.

Same here..Direct deposit and salary worker. I throw them away and the only time I have kept them in the past is when a house refinance thingy a few years ago.

I was just curious if I was doing a no no. Every other friday the dh takes the stub out of his pocket and throws it some where in the bedroom and it drives me nuts. lol. I hate paper stuff!

**Palooka** · 08-17-2009, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by MaryCarney

I keep mine until I get another one!! Life's too short to hang onto a bunch of paper when the data is stored in someone else's computer!

I agree and I can always pull it up on-line. I don't keep bank statements either.

**Backtoreality** · 08-17-2009, 10:07 PM

I haven't had a pay stub in 6 years!! If (for whatever reason) I need a copy I can always reprint from the puter at work. Bank statements? Same thing. Cancelled checks? Same thing, why waste my room when it's always somewhere else. In fact it makes me think of "Big Brother is Watching" when I think on it too hard - ???
Goofy huh?

**PlainCash4** · 08-17-2009, 10:23 PM

I save my stubs for as long as i work at a job. I did this when i waited tables in case the IRS had any question. That way i can say . Here are my stubs, and you are welcome to come over and see what i own

NOw i save them to prove my cumulative hours for benefit reasons in case the company has any questions. i can say "Look its all right here

LOL

**beks37** · 08-17-2009, 10:47 PM

I keep my check stubs for the current year, plus the previous year.

Side note. I hope everyone at least looks at their check stubs to make sure they're accurate. I work in payroll tax and I can't tell you the number of people who don't check their stubs for months and when they do, they find they are being taxed in the wrong state.