Reply to: Ideas for getting rid of old company paper files

[MrMarkyMark]

eww that's my baby daughter you are talking about. Watch it.

he prefers pretty women to pretty gerbils

Richard Gere and the Gerbil : snopes.com

Oops...my bad...sorry...misread your post

[vetran]

Similar tastes to Richard Gere, then

eww that's my baby daughter you are talking about. Watch it.

he prefers pretty women to pretty gerbils

Richard Gere and the Gerbil : snopes.com

[MrMarkyMark]

Miss V3 and I were admiring that in pets are us tonight. Thursday is Cadet's night o I'm taxi driver for 3 hours) and we like to spend half an hour with the rabbits & Hamsters after Maplin & before Homebase.

It seems its washed to remove the ink. Miss V didn't notice this, the colour & number of hamsters/rabbits was the important thing.

Similar tastes to Richard Gere, then

[FatLazyContractor]

Ask your accountant?

[darryle]

You can shred it by shredder or use it when cleaning mirror and windows.

[vetran]

Shred it then flog it on ebay as hamster bedding.

PPI Soft Shredded Paper Bedding Hamster/Rabbit/Mice/Rat 200G Pack Of 4 - 11323 | eBay

Also means you can take advantage of the new tax break for online traders

Miss V3 and I were admiring that in pets are us tonight. Thursday is Cadet's night o I'm taxi driver for 3 hours) and we like to spend half an hour with the rabbits & Hamsters after Maplin & before Homebase.

It seems its washed to remove the ink. Miss V didn't notice this, the colour & number of hamsters/rabbits was the important thing.

[mudskipper]

Shred it then flog it on ebay as hamster bedding.

PPI Soft Shredded Paper Bedding Hamster/Rabbit/Mice/Rat 200G Pack Of 4 - 11323 | eBay

Also means you can take advantage of the new tax break for online traders

[GJABS]

Make paper aeroplanes with it?

Exotic Paper Aircraft

[MrMarkyMark]

Please find somewhere to store the paper copies, anywhere will do. If HMRC asks for 20 years worth, paper copies are far more fun

[vetran]

OCOQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvs4bOMv5Xw

[dx4100]

Everyone is out to get me!!!!!

[AtW]

HMRC don't require you to keep anything beyond six years plus the current year. So the above is not an issue. Any other reason ?

It's 20 years if they want it. And they might just want it if you tell them that you've shredded old documents...

But, if the principle advice on the HMRC web site says you don't have to keep them, you can just say "well, your guidance said I could get rid of them, so I did, sorry - don't have the receipts you need".

Did you print out that guidance and shredded it since it got too old?

[TheFaQQer]

surely if you proffer electronic copies over 6 years they have to honour them unless they have evidence of criminal intent?

Yes, they do.

You used to need a dispensation from HMRC to keep them digitally (I did a project all around scanning documents for the client) but that's no longer the case.

I scan mine to PDF using a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i and then shred them in my Fellowes Automax 130C which does them quietly and in bulk.

[vetran]

Neglecting the fact that Hector can go back 20 years if the fancy so takes him/her/it.

surely if you proffer electronic copies over 6 years they have to honour them unless they have evidence of criminal intent?

[WTFH]

Give them to MyHermes to deliver to you.


Safely disposed of.