Wondering how long you should keep your bank account statements, electricity or gas bills, receipts used for your tax return? What documents should be kept for the rest of your life? A new simulator available on Service-Public.fr tells you how long to keep everyday documents: insurance, banking, family, taxes, housing, work, vehicle, health...
The simulator How long do you keep your papers? lets you know the minimum length of time it is prudent to keep documents (for example, when you can exercise a right to reimbursement, or when you can be asked for a document).
This simulator is very simple to use: select a document from the drop-down list or type a keyword and you get the minimum retention time of the document concerned. To select another document, click
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Nearly a hundred documents are proposed in the simulator.
