Disasters always takes a lot of victims as well as the Gulf Coast hurricanes. However, the impact of disasters is often felt in the long run, when the victims tried to rise from adversity, they will face that so many lost or destroyed, including important documents.
You do not need a disaster to make you remember, the importance of having a copy of documents stored safely outside the home.
A recent study commissioned by The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc., a franchise network, revealed that 58% of those surveyed said that natural disasters have made them aware of this need.
21% of respondents said already started preparing, but only half of these people who indicated that they had taken steps to copy important documents.
The UPS Store franchisee Steve Spicer recommends that people make copies of important documents every year.
When tax payments, is a good time to inventory and make copies of documents. The company encourages consumers to bring important documents along with their tax returns. It only takes a few minutes and a few cents to duplicate each document.
From the survey, may be indicated that the majority of respondents, ie 71% consider the birth certificate to be one of the important documents to be copied. Other documents which are also copied, among others, financial records, such as wills, bank records, and credit cards 34% of respondents. Social security card and related information 29%, and the deed of the house as much as 20% of respondents.