Ideas for Organizing Receipts

Hey Marlena~Congrats on unearthing your desk :-) What we do w/ the receipts is just have an envelope in the back of our bills that DH labels for every 1/4 of the year. So we ahve a 1st quarter receipts then in April he puts it away and makes 2nd quarter, etc. That works relatively well since I more or less know when I bought something if it needs to be returned. Honestly for things that I buy w/ cash theres times I don't keep the receipt - like if I just need milk once I open it and know its OK I throw the receipt away. Everything else tho that's "everyday" we save there more or less in date order. And like you said, big items receipts get stapled to the warranty paperwork or instruction booklet...Leslie

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Here is what I do: I have a 5x7 plastic index card file. I bought 5x7 dividers 1-31 (or you can buy blank ones). After recording receipts in my checkbook register, I put them behind the corresponding date. As I am putting receipts away, I shred old receipts (from the previous month) that I know I will not need. For the ones that I want to keep, I add dividers in the back of the card file for each store/category, and place them behind the corresponding divider. If I need the receipt for taxes, I place it with my current taxes.It makes keeping receipts easier and all in one place. So, I don't have to enter receipts every single day, I bought a Page-Up Paper Holder at Office Max. I saw it at the checkout and thought it would be handy. I place the receipts in the notch. When it gets full, I know that I have to enter receipts. See the attached link for a picture.
http://www.amazon. com/PAGE-UP-227C-iColor-Space-Saving-Document/dp/B00007E83V
I hope this helps.Louise

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Hi, I justwanted to drop a note on how I keep up with receipts. I put all my receipts in an envelope and when the credit card bill comes in, I check the bill to make sure it is correct. Then I discard all receiptsfor gas, eating out etc. I keep all Walmart, Target, etc receipts with the credit card bill in a manila folder in my filing cabinet. I keep a budget on my computer where I can keep track of all my purchases. The budget is where I list what I bought. I can go to the budget and find out when I purchased an item then locate the receipt in the credit card folder with thebill for that month. (As a side note, we pay off the credit card every month so that we only pay for the things we bought. We're not paying interest on our credit card.) Becky in Va