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Home Filing System Printable: Color-Coded 12-Category Household Paperwork Organizer, 168 File Labels, Tab Inserts

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  • Digital download
  • Digital file type(s): 3 PDF, 1 ZIP

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The morning you need the car title, open the drawer and have it in your hand in ten seconds.
This printable home filing system sorts household paperwork into 12 color-coded categories and 168 ready-named files: 44 pages with a guide page for every category, 515 labels, and the checklists for a New Year paper purge and tax season, in US Letter and A4.

INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD: no physical item will be shipped.

━━ WHAT'S INCLUDED ━━
• 12 categories, each with its own color and shape: Action Files, Personal & ID, Home & Property, Money & Banking, Tax Records, Medical & Health, Insurance, Vehicles, Kids & School, Work & Career, Legal & Estate and Pets
• 12 Category Guides covering all 168 files: every file named with what goes in it, plus write-in Keep until, Kept in and Last cleared columns and rows for files of your own
• The Category Map (2 pages) and a Drawer Map + File Index
• Setup guide, How the System Works (simple or full setup) and The Paper Routine: inbox, act, file, shred
• Keep-Until Guide: a paper purge checklist of 32 common papers with your own keep-until notes and shred, archive and scan ticks
• Document Locator: 28 important documents, with where each original and copy is kept
• Tax-Season Document Checklist: 14 papers to gather, with who sends each one and where you filed it
• New Year Paper Purge, Monthly Filing Tracker and This Week's Action Files
• 288 hanging-file tab inserts (2 x 1/2 in): 48 bold short-name category tabs (4 of each), every category and file named, plus 60 blanks
• 208 file-folder labels (3 7/16 x 2/3 in): every category and file, plus 28 blanks
• 14 drawer labels and 5 box labels (6 x 4 in front, sides and spines)
• Clickable contents page and PDF bookmarks
• START-HERE guide: printing, typing, cutting and setup

━━ DETAILS ━━
• 44 pages per PDF, in US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Full color plus a printer-friendly low-ink version of both sizes
• Typeable PDF: write-in lines, table cells and blank labels are fillable fields in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Prefer handwriting? Print it blank.
• Each category has its own shape (circle, square, triangle, star and more), so low-ink prints still sort at a glance
• Tab inserts fit standard 2 in plastic hanging-folder tabs; crop marks on every label sheet
• The pages record where documents are kept, never log-ins or private numbers
• 4 files: US Letter Color PDF, A4 Color PDF, Low-Ink ZIP (Letter + A4) and the START-HERE guide PDF
• Supplies not included: file box or drawer, hanging folders, plastic tabs and file folders

━━ HOW IT WORKS ━━
1. Purchase and download the files from Etsy (Purchases and reviews).
2. Print at Actual size and cut the tab inserts and labels on the crop marks.
3. Gather every paper into one pile and sort it into the 12 categories, then into the files on each Category Guide.
4. Line the hanging folders up front to back, Action Files first, and fill in the Document Locator.
5. Keep it tidy: clear the action files weekly, tick the monthly tracker, and run a paper purge each New Year before tax season.

━━ COMPLETE THE SET ━━
Home Management Binder: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4594547787/home-management-binder-printable-undated
Estate Planning / In Case of Death Binder: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4589041896/estate-planning-binder-printable-in-case

━━ PLEASE NOTE ━━
• Not tax, legal or financial advice: this is an organizer. Keep-until columns are write-in, so check with a qualified professional for how long to keep papers where you live.
• This is a digital download: no folders, tabs, box or printed items are included.
• For personal use only: print as many copies as your household needs. Please do not resell, share or post the files.
• Sample entries in the photos are for illustration only.
• Colors may vary slightly between screens and printers.
• Because this is a digital product, returns and exchanges are not accepted.
• If anything is wrong with your files, message me and I'll help right away.

Thank you for supporting my small shop!

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May include: A printable home filing system featuring a tan file box with 12 color-coded categories including Kids, Work, Legal, Pets, Taxes, Medical, Insurance, Vehicles, Personal, Home, and Money. Includes 168 ready-named file labels.

The morning you need the car title, open the drawer and have it in your hand in ten seconds.
This printable home filing system sorts household paperwork into 12 color-coded categories and 168 ready-named files: 44 pages with a guide page for every category, 515 labels, and the checklists for a New Year paper purge and tax season, in US Letter and A4.

INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD: no physical item will be shipped.

━━ WHAT'S INCLUDED ━━
• 12 categories, each with its own color and shape: Action Files, Personal & ID, Home & Property, Money & Banking, Tax Records, Medical & Health, Insurance, Vehicles, Kids & School, Work & Career, Legal & Estate and Pets
• 12 Category Guides covering all 168 files: every file named with what goes in it, plus write-in Keep until, Kept in and Last cleared columns and rows for files of your own
• The Category Map (2 pages) and a Drawer Map + File Index
• Setup guide, How the System Works (simple or full setup) and The Paper Routine: inbox, act, file, shred
• Keep-Until Guide: a paper purge checklist of 32 common papers with your own keep-until notes and shred, archive and scan ticks
• Document Locator: 28 important documents, with where each original and copy is kept
• Tax-Season Document Checklist: 14 papers to gather, with who sends each one and where you filed it
• New Year Paper Purge, Monthly Filing Tracker and This Week's Action Files
• 288 hanging-file tab inserts (2 x 1/2 in): 48 bold short-name category tabs (4 of each), every category and file named, plus 60 blanks
• 208 file-folder labels (3 7/16 x 2/3 in): every category and file, plus 28 blanks
• 14 drawer labels and 5 box labels (6 x 4 in front, sides and spines)
• Clickable contents page and PDF bookmarks
• START-HERE guide: printing, typing, cutting and setup

━━ DETAILS ━━
• 44 pages per PDF, in US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Full color plus a printer-friendly low-ink version of both sizes
• Typeable PDF: write-in lines, table cells and blank labels are fillable fields in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Prefer handwriting? Print it blank.
• Each category has its own shape (circle, square, triangle, star and more), so low-ink prints still sort at a glance
• Tab inserts fit standard 2 in plastic hanging-folder tabs; crop marks on every label sheet
• The pages record where documents are kept, never log-ins or private numbers
• 4 files: US Letter Color PDF, A4 Color PDF, Low-Ink ZIP (Letter + A4) and the START-HERE guide PDF
• Supplies not included: file box or drawer, hanging folders, plastic tabs and file folders

━━ HOW IT WORKS ━━
1. Purchase and download the files from Etsy (Purchases and reviews).
2. Print at Actual size and cut the tab inserts and labels on the crop marks.
3. Gather every paper into one pile and sort it into the 12 categories, then into the files on each Category Guide.
4. Line the hanging folders up front to back, Action Files first, and fill in the Document Locator.
5. Keep it tidy: clear the action files weekly, tick the monthly tracker, and run a paper purge each New Year before tax season.

━━ COMPLETE THE SET ━━
Home Management Binder: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4594547787/home-management-binder-printable-undated
Estate Planning / In Case of Death Binder: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4589041896/estate-planning-binder-printable-in-case

━━ PLEASE NOTE ━━
• Not tax, legal or financial advice: this is an organizer. Keep-until columns are write-in, so check with a qualified professional for how long to keep papers where you live.
• This is a digital download: no folders, tabs, box or printed items are included.
• For personal use only: print as many copies as your household needs. Please do not resell, share or post the files.
• Sample entries in the photos are for illustration only.
• Colors may vary slightly between screens and printers.
• Because this is a digital product, returns and exchanges are not accepted.
• If anything is wrong with your files, message me and I'll help right away.

Thank you for supporting my small shop!

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