Question: I have been helping my mother with sorting paperwork. Can you offer advice? Answer: I love paper: documents, mail, newspaper, magazines, etc. I love and enjoy reading it, and saving it. Do I ...

Finishing college, wrapping up an advanced degree or just starting out in a job or career can mean new milestones and opportunities. It also means managing all the paperwork — bank statements, tax ...

(WXIN/WTTV) — In today’s world of hackers and other cyber threats, we spend a lot of time talking about protecting usernames and passwords. However, there are still a lot of paper documents that are ...

Q. I have bought two properties over the years and each of them have been refinanced three or more times till now. I have so many legal papers stored, plus monthly bills, and I don’t know which I ...

The warm weather these past two days reminds us spring is here. While you might be planning weekend projects for your garden or cleaning out the garage, it’s also a great time to get rid of old ...

Home upgrades can quietly add tens of thousands of dollars to your net worth, but only if you can prove what you spent and when you did the work. Without a paper trail, you risk losing tax breaks, ...

How long should a person hang on to old receipts, stock records, tax returns and other financial documents? I have accumulated boxes full of such papers over the years and would like to get rid of ...

Even once your tax return is turned in, do not run any documents through the shredder just yet. You will want to hang on to certain items, such as tax forms and supporting paperwork, in case of an ...

Dear Savvy Senior: Is there a rule of thumb on how long someone should keep their old financial paperwork? I have file cabinets full of old receipts, bank and brokerage statements, tax returns and ...

It’s fine to get rid of monthly mortgage statements, but you should keep all your mortgage documents, including proof of title insurance and the promissory note, until your loan is paid off. Having ...