Shred Instead Customer Service Representatives are consistently being asked “When Can I get rid of these documents and how long should I keep those?”
Rest assured, we are not attorneys and certainly will not charge you hourly attorney rates for our shredding services.
Alternatively, her are a few facts and resources we found helpful:
- You are individually responsible for keeping records until the statute of limitations runs out – 3 years. So let’s assume it is the year 2020, this means you can shred all paper records from 2016 and before. (Remember you filed 2016 in 2017)
- To your benefit if you missed a deduction or over looked a credit you can file an amendment to fix your tax records within these 3 years
Here is a Website >http://bizactions.com/modules/e/popup_fullarticle.cfm/id/2,1992,2164/< that we have absolutely NO affiliation with that provides advice on this matter. … Again, this information came from the internet and is not meant to be legal or financial advice. We strongly urge you to speak to your Accountant or Attorney about this before calling Shred Instead to destroy your confidential records.
Medical Record Retention Policies:
The North Carolina Medical Board provides its Licensees with the following advice to uphold their ethical and legal obligations with regards to records retention:
- Medicare and Medicaid, 7 years
- HIPPAA, 6 Years
- Medical Malpractice, basically don’t throw it away without speaking to your medical malpractice insurer
- Immunization records, keep them forever
Shred Instead is making no claim to the information above, this information came directly from this >http://www.ncmedboard.org/position_statements/detail/retention_of_medical_records< website which we have no affiliation. We strongly urge you to speak to your Legal Counsel and/or Medical Malpractice Insurer.
