receipts

[UNDERMICH]

We started collecting all receipts during the start of the chapter 13 process. Now our collection is growing and we are in a 5 year program. Just wondering how common it is to keep them . Im talking about daily receipts. Keeping records of the bills being paid is understandable.... but i wonder about the others. Any thoughtsssssssssss

[newbie2]

We started collecting all receipts during the start of the chapter 13 process. Now our collection is growing and we are in a 5 year program. Just wondering how common it is to keep them . Im talking about daily receipts. Keeping records of the bills being paid is understandable.... but i wonder about the others. Any thoughtsssssssssss

We just entered year 5 of your plan, and I have 5 rather large accordian type file boxes full of daily receipts and monthly bills. I also have 2 large file folders for bank statements and pay stubs.

It started because I was so aggravated by our trustee nickel and diming every expense that we stated (knocking off $10 here, $30 there..) that I knew if I was going to mentally survive this process I wanted strict proof of what we spent going forward.

Part of me has hoped that our trustee would question expenses at some point while in the plan and I'd have the pleasure of photo copying each and every receipt and mailing them to her :-)

I feel better knowing I have the receipts to back up our daily and monthly expenses if need be, your mileage may vary. Go with what you're comfy doing.