I don't have reciepts for evrything I spent money on in 6 months.

[stopthebleeding]

I am stressed, i don't know exactly how much I spend on every living expense. My hubby is terrible with reciepts an dosen't hav ethem all now what. Can I claim food I don't have receipts for. What about haircuts i didn't save a receipt for that. Everytime we went to the doctor or got a script I didn't keep it. I file standadrd deductions and didn't know i was gonna file bk.

[FilingOnMyOwn]

Don't worry about any of that. Your expenses are an estimate and prone to fluctuation. Heres a link that will help you determine what numbers you should use in your filing:

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=104627,00.html

Don't use those figures exactly. Perhaps a few dollars under each one, thats what many of us have done.

[hopefulrelief]

I agree, our attorney nor the trustee asked for any receipts for general expenses over prior 6 mo. No one has asked for any receipts or to see our bank statements at all. We had to provide a statement of what was in our accts on the day we were filed but that was just a snapshot of the totals...no details.
Hope that helps!

[SinkingFast]

Just look back thru your checkbook and/or bank statements and your CC's statements. You'll get an idea of what you're spending where.

[CindyLou]

You will only really need receipts if you spend large amounts of money on necessities over and above reasonable living expenses

[CATCHMEIFYOUCAN]

Your bank statements tells ALL !

Best of Luck, Catchmeifyoucan !

If you go over the IRS standards UNREASONABLY over than they might inquire so just keep it real

[jbr12]

Our attorney told us the only time you need receipts is if you are way over the typical expenses for a family your size, as others have said above. For example, we have to drive ~1,000 miles a month due to a child custody arrangement. This puts our gas/transportation expenses MUCH higher than a normal family. So we've been keeping all of our gas receipts to prove we really spend that much