Organising receipts

[2015mom]

Hi my receipts are a mess and I want to get organised for 2017 so I was planning on keeping a seaparate file for 2017 as follows:
• Fuel 2017
• Groceries 2017
• General 2017

They will be going in brown buff files.

How do you organise your receipts

I don't know whether to organise the General receipts file in alphabetical order or date order... please help

Thanks

[CraftyGirly90]

If it was me I'd organise the by date in specific categories. You know such as clothes, house, gifts, etc x

[homeaway]

Do you need to keep all of them ??

[JugglingMum17]

Thank you everybody for your input.

I recently put my manuals of all electrical items and manuals for things around the house in two Lever arch folders with dividers A to Z which will make it easier to find manuals! They were previously just thrown in a big box and finding was so annoying.

I am going to staples the receipts for these items with the manuals because if they are required it will be after looking at the manual.

Everything else I will file in alphabetical order for years preceding 2017 so it will be easier to find in the future if required.

This year I will file in date order in three separate files as follows:
• General 2017
• Groceries 2017
• Diesel 2017

Groceries are purely filed separately because there are so many and I can review ways of saving money in the future.

Diesel file is useful because use them to claim mileage.

General 2017 covers all other receipts.

[sausagedogrolls]

I don't keep many receipts.

Staple each receipt to a piece of paper and stick it in a lever arch file.

[dementedpixie]

I usually file mine in the bin! Unless you need them for an expensive item then why keep them at all?

[MrsMoastyToasty]

I keep debit/credit card receipts until I get my bank/visa statements and then shred them