How long to keep payslips, P60s etc?

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Ex-H is sorting out marital home we are selling, there's a LOT of paperwork, we lived there 30+ years. He's brought a bag over with P60s and payslips, info about child tax credits, all that sort of stuff - going back over 20 years. My NI contributions are all up to date, I was self employed 10 years ago but have been salaried to my current employer for 7 years and I will be with them till I retire.

There's also pension info from a scheme I was in 30 years ago, that transferred to Legal and General 10 years ago and I have all the L&G info.

So how long should you/would you keep stuff like this?

Similar position to you and used to be self-emp also. I've got rid of a lot, but kept all the pension stuff and P60's, and the first & last payslips from everywhere I've worked. I also have the paperwork (including the estate agent blurb) from when we bought this house 35+ years ago.

Keep all pension info since the beginning of time and all P60s. 5 years worth of everything else.

Thanks both. @nomorehocuspocus I have the old estate agent sheet as well, from when you used to see an advert in the paper, ring up and they'd post it to you.

Hmm, not the answers I was hoping for though, I'd already put it all back in the bag hoping to get rid of it. Looks like its coming out again!!

Keep all P60s and P45s - maybe P11s as well if relevant.

Pension info make sure you have enough for it to be traceable.

Payslips not a big deal once you've left a job but I always keep first and last.

You can digitise them if you don't want to keep paper.

I’d just keep 10yrs max of P60’s. No payslips. Scan them into your computer and destroy originals.

What's the point keeping first and last?

P60s say clearly on them they must be kept forever.
I keep mine just in case the HMRC records are hacked and I need to prove I am entitled to contributions based benefits
Even a long career gives only an A4 envelope full

Payslips, just a couple of years

A group of us are involved in a lawsuit and p60s have been requested from the 90’s. 100% don’t throw them out

I don’t keep any of them.

Pension information and P60, keep all. Everything else 6 years from the end of the relevant tax year

I just keep everything. Doesn't take up too much space on the top of the wardrobe. I was asked for a document from 2003 recently.

As others have said, all P 60s and pension docs forever, also house buying and selling documents, even for houses long sold, tenancy agreements, purchase invoices for cars you still have, planning permission, building regs, guarantees etc for any homes you’ve owned.

Get rid of all routine stuff after a couple of years, ie payslips, receipts and invoices for small stuff, etc.

Definitely keep all wage info.
I have a friend who recently found out several years of pension payments hadn't made it into her pension pot. She had proof from wage slips it had been taken.. but the finance dept had managed to not pay it to the pension pot (nhs too)

keep everything! File it, tuck it under the mattress or do something else, but definitely keep it!

I agree with others - end of year P60s and P11Ds, ALL the pension paperwork and payslips in the last 7 years (HMRC have an expectation of 6, so one extra, just in case).

Documents for things like pensions and house purchases are what I call "permanent" information that you might need to refer back to in the future.

I've started saving all my personal paperwork on a Cloud service (OneDrive). I use the app on my phone to just take a picture and save it as a PDF. Will be much easier in the future to access things if I need them.

Also, make sure you both have a Personal Tax Account online with HMRC to be able to check your NI contributions, etc.

I don’t keep anything. Last 6 years payslips and P60s are online only anyway. I had way too many paper documents and most of it had to go.