Retention Guide for Insurance Services

This list is not exhaustive and is intended as a guide only. Please feel free to contact us for further assistance regarding your retention obligations.

  • Budgets & financial reports – 2 years.
  • Cheques – 6 years.
  • Customs & excise returns – 6 years.
  • Goods in advice notes – 6 years.
  • Income tax returns – 3 years.
  • Income & expenditure – 7 years.
  • Invoices – 6 years.
  • Purchase copy order book – 6 years.
  • Purchase orders – 3 years.
  • Statutory accounts – 12 years.
  • Successful quotations – Until invoice paid.
  • Taxation returns & records – 10 years.
  • Unsuccessful quotations – 6 months.
  • VAT records – 6 years.

Financial Document Management

  • Your clients’ and your own important files and documents are managed in our modern and secure document storage facilities.
  • All staff are CRB checked and bound by confidentiality agreements to protect your information.
  • EvaStore’s fleet of secure vehicles are satellite-tracked.
  • Operate O’Neil Software, the barcode management solution which allows us to track every activity of your boxes, files, records or documents.
  • Rapid physical or electronic retrieval of your required information.