{"id":147609,"date":"2023-04-03T14:59:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T12:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/?page_id=147609"},"modified":"2023-04-03T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:00:37","slug":"keep-your-account-statements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/manage-your-documents\/keep-your-documents\/keep-your-account-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep your account statements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The bank statements or account statements are considered as&nbsp;<strong>proof of payment&nbsp;<\/strong>which you will probably have to submit during specific circumstances, such as a&nbsp;<strong>separation, a divorce or a settlement of debts.<\/strong>&nbsp;Prove your participation or those steps in court can sometimes be necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why do you have to keep your account statements ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is mainly for the submission of the&nbsp;<strong>tax return<\/strong>&nbsp;that you will have to retain account statements as attachments. Even if the audit period of the tax return amounts to&nbsp;<strong>3 years<\/strong>, in case of&nbsp;<strong>suspected fraud<\/strong>, that period is raised to&nbsp;<strong>7 years.&nbsp;<\/strong>You will find more information in \u00ab&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/faqs\/combien-de-temps-garder-ses-extraits-de-compte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Combien de temps garder ses extraits de compte ?<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb [How long do you have to keep your account statements&nbsp;? ]\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Retention period of the account statements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The FPS Finance&nbsp;<\/strong>recommends keeping for&nbsp;<strong>7 years<\/strong>&nbsp;all documents which could be useful for your tax return (salary slips, pension information sheets, account statements for &nbsp;maintenance allowances, the borrowing certificates, professional costs, if you are a self-employed person\u2026). Most&nbsp; banks allow you, through their applications, to download your bank statements and even go back several years. As to&nbsp;<strong>Test Achats [Consumers International],<\/strong>&nbsp;they recommend keeping them&nbsp;for a period of <strong>10 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.test-achats.be\/argent\/payer\/dossier\/l-importance-de-vos-extraits-de-compte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00ab&nbsp;De l\u2019importance de vos extraits de compte&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a> [\u00ab&nbsp;About the importance of your account statements&nbsp;\u00bb]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bank statements or account statements are considered as&nbsp;proof of payment&nbsp;which you will probably have to submit during specific circumstances, such as a&nbsp;separation, a divorce or a settlement of debts.&nbsp;Prove your participation or those steps in court can sometimes be necessary. Why do you have to keep your account statements ? It is mainly for the submission of the&nbsp;tax return&nbsp;that &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/manage-your-documents\/keep-your-documents\/keep-your-account-statements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":147559,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-layout-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147609\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/izimi.yaqa.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}