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Retention periods compass for households

Poster and calculator: how long private paperwork should be kept in Germany – with sources. As of November 2026.

A poster (A4, also printable as A3) shows how long 15 kinds of private documents should stay in the binder – separated into legal duty and recommendation, each with the statute or a note. Also included: a four-level filing structure and a calculator showing from when a document can go.

Sources are German statutes with references (as of November 2026). It is a collection of recommendations, not legal or tax advice, and applies to Germany only. All text is in German.

€4.90 Final price · VAT exempt under § 19 of the German VAT Act (small business scheme, Kleinunternehmerregelung) – no VAT is charged.

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Product language: German – based on German law

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Retention periods compass for households: preview
Retention periods compass for households: preview
Retention periods compass for households: sample page
Retention periods compass for households: sample page
Retention periods compass for households: detail view
Retention periods compass for households: detail view

What you get

  • PDF, 5 A4 pages
  • Poster: 15 kinds of documents with period, type (duty or recommendation) and basis
  • Filing structure in four levels, calculator with a table of years
  • List of sources with statutes, LIESMICH.txt (readme), LIZENZ.txt (licence)

Format & technical details

Format
PDF (A4, vector), as a ZIP file
Scope
5 pages, under 0.1 MB
Requirements
PDF viewer and A4 printer
Product language
German – based on German law
Version
1.0

Licence (right of use)

Simple, unlimited right of use for you or your own business: print and use as often as you like. You may not pass on, resell or publish the files.

The full licence is included as LIZENZ.txt in the download and set out in the terms and conditions.

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