Home office woes seem never ending.

We try to do offline copies, and sometimes even print as well as take screenshots, but it has to be collated meticulously but even so it’s an almighty amount of faffing about. As my wife is a child minder she already has an enormous amount of paperwork to shuffle as it is, but thankfully she is retiring in August after 37 years. It has been a good living for us but mighty stressful at times. She was hoping to retire before she had her OFSTED inspection, but they are coming out in the next few weeks, luckily everything is in order so she is not worried.

I file everything online as all of my utilities, mobiles, insurance and everything else is paid for online.
What’s annoying, is to get duplicate hard copy.

I prefer paper to paperless as I like to have a record, but don't do the filing myself as my husband seems to actively enjoy it. I don't know what I'll do if I'm ever left to fend for myself.
I do file my emails meticulously within my email program though, so can usually find things somewhere in there.

I save the online material offline. I have had too many arguments with companies making claims about what has happened on my account, which I am unable to verify because i did not keep ffline, (not paper) copies.

DD recently had a barney with her water company, when they were threatening to send bailiffs in, despite not having sent her a bi. It was her own separately saved records that proved that she had sent her meter reading in when requested, even though the company said she hadn't. When she gave them the proof they rechecked their record, and shame feacedly agreed she was right.

I usually plump for ‘paperless’ nowadays, no bank statements, tv licence, insurances, some bills it can all be accessed online.