What do you do with your old pay stubs?

Like you, I don't really know what to do with my (old) paystubs. I've been salaried for a long time, so I always get the same amount every time. The only way to verify it for me is to see my bank account, to know that money came in. So, I rarely open my paystubs. I've been meaning to shred them, but just couldn't find the time.

typically i shred them because at the end of each year, i get a t 4 (the sheet that you use for your income tax) which tells me how much i made that year. the only thing i generally keep from my pay stubs is the amount of vacation and sick time i have left.

Well, I have heard that for Tax purposes etc. sometimes you are supposed to keep them for at least 3 yrs. but I do not have a lot of mine. I could probably find at least 70% of last yrs. I think if I looked, but most of the ones missing have probably been thrown out. Not sure what is the Best thing to do anymore since most of the time these have your Social Security number or other important information on them sometimes so shredding might not be a Bad idea to consider.

hi there maezee, a good topic to ponder. well, my old, old pay stubs were already thrown to where it should belong. as i have tear it out before throwing them to bin. as some of it contains confidential numbers. i don't have any shredder with me so i have tear those manually. as far as i remember, i have kept them for 5 years before throwing them out.

I'm the worst person when comes to old paperwork; I just simply keep everything. I'm just afraid that someday I'll need them so I never throw anything away I envy you right now with your well organized paperwork. Your post makes me realize that I have to do something with mine before I got buried in them

Hahahaha, I am sure your not the only one. I keep things like that for a year unless you are self employed. Other wise they sit in a box for 2-3 years. I just sort out once a year then throw.

I have lots of stuff like that too and I hate it. It takes up a lot of space and many times I wonder if they would help in any way. Lately I´m in a throwing away mood and I have chosen some items that I positibly will never need, such as bills from years ago. I´m just keeping the recent months.

Well this is just me, but I like to hold on to things like that. Never could tell if you might need it for future referral. A payslip represents part of your working history and I don't think that documentation like that should be thrown away. I've kept all of mine, good thing too, was applying for a loan of some type some time ago and when I mentioned my previous working experience they wanted proof of my payslip to verify my story, mind you I had already moved on from that job. Besides 2009,2010 and 2011,are recent periods,if you want to discard them maybe you can do so after a year or two, but me I've kept all of mine.