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With monthly paperwork (e.g., statements), generally one should retain the first and the most recent few. Rather than of storing 10 years of phone bills, store the first one and the most recent few. When you have to to save and itemize some or all documents for taxes, then store them in your tax files.
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Undeniably, legal, taxes, financial, and medical paperwork are always much more important than phone bills. There is not any need to save temporary or trivial documents. Keep certain bank statements, throw away all your ATM receipts.
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