About eight years ago I was in a minor dispute with the Tax Office and they requested bank statements for the previous five years.
Not a problem I tell the accountant, they’re in a box in the basement storeroom and I’ll send them to you by the end of the month.
It was not to be. A wild storm, a blocked drain, and the storeroom was flooded. By the time I realised what had happened, about three days later, the documents were a solid brick of sodden paper.
Many phone calls later, the bank finally delivered the needed records, at a price — a big price. Only consolation the ATO agreed with our figures in the end.
I imagined travelling with seven years of business records and started feeling a bit depressed. Then sometime last year I got this from my bank:
Smart Statements You can now choose to view, download and save up to the last 7 years of your statements online free of charge. View your statements online 24/7 within NAB Internet Banking by selecting “account info” then “View statements”.
Good timing for my travels. My paper files gets lighter by the day.
Now I’ve got to find a way to lighten my load of books.
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Don’t know what reading material you have, but there are a few sites that have free eBooks which may duplicate some of your collection.
http://www.fictionwise.com/
http://gutenberg.net.au/
http://www.koboereader.com/demo.html
http://www.koorong.com.au/
http://www.lexcycle.com/
Cheerz Brad