Does the dentist participate in your dental health plan? What is the dentist's office policy on missed appointments? If visiting a dentist's office: Does the office appear to be clean, neat, and orderly? Do all surfaces and equipment in the treatment room appear clean? Is the dental staff helpful and willing to answer your questions?
1 Cancelled checks: Keep for one year in most cases. 2  Discard checks,check registers, check statements and credit-card statements after a year. 3  However,keep checks and credit-card statements needed to support tax filings seven years. 4  Loan-discharge notices: Keep forever in a safe-deposit box.
Some potential situations in which you would need to keep a canceled check could include providing it as proof of purchase for a defective item or proof of payment of a bill. More importantly, some canceled checks should be kept as part of your tax records, such as those for deductible expenses. Most financial experts recommend filing the canceled check for a minimum of seven and a maximum of ten years.