I have a file-o-flex (or whatever they are called), and each tab has a month and the back is for Misc. When I get a bill, I write it on a master sheet (1 for each month) and then file it under the right month. When it is paid I write the info on the master sheet (date paid, amount and how (check, online etc) and write paid across the bill itself (if it didn't get mailed which most don't anymore).

What's your system?

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Okay, I am so bad about this: but I will be working on this soon.



We have just a regular old WORD document on our desktop with the bills to be paid, and I also write it in my planner (a few days before its actually due).. I do not keep the actual bill. OOPS.. Most of our bills our sent through email and are the same every month....

Only two things get paid by check, a loan and our rent..

I don't like the monthly system.

I have mine sorted by company in a folder box thing that looks like this. Once I pay the bill it goes into that companies folder. So I have a rent folder where everything about rent goes, a Bell folder (satellite, home phone, long distance, internet), Rogers folder (cell phones), hydro company, pet folder (all papers from vet, etc.), then folders for my bank statements and Visa statements. That way if I'm looking for the last Bell bill I just grab the last bill from the Bell folder, instead of searching through the July folder, even though I may not even have the July bill yet.

Most of all my bills are either paid online or through my banks bill pay. It is alot easier that way for me. I know that it is paid because I pay them on paydays.

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TBH, I hand them to dh.

LOL!

He does any actual writing of checks, and keeps a calendar by month of when things are due, etc. We both decide how to spend our money. I do the stamps and prepping for any that are mailed. I also file the bill stubs in the filing cabinet, and shred the old ones.

I don't get statements for my department store card or my cell phone, I can view the statement on their site. My cell phone and cable bill are auto deduct from my checking each month. I only write out a check for my electricity and my rent. I don't get bank statements either. They send them to me via email in a pdf file. I just save them onto a disk. Since I check my account every couple of days, I have no need to print them out. I am going to try to get all my statements sent via email and get everything set up on auto deduct. Makes life easier, IMO.

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I don't have any fancy system as soon as the bills arrive I take them out of the envelopes and write on them when they need to be sent or paid online. They then get put into a small basket that I keep onto of our counter so I can see it and when they do get paid they are then filed in the file cabinet until tax time.

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I have a system I've used 20 years now.

Filing cabinet drawer is divided by bill type with labeled hanging folders. Put a folder inside the hanging folder so you can pull the inside folder in and out easily for reference.

I pay the bill on the day it's received whenever possible, then I file the bill in the appropriate folder. Once a year, I take anything over a year old out and shred it (unless it's a business receipt or tax deduction).

All of our bills are either paid online or over the phone. We file whatever we need for tax purposes and the rest gets shredded.

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I have a large black clip and as bills come in the mail, I clip them by date due; this way I'm never late because the most current one is on top. I check the pile weekly. After it's paid, I file it by company.