SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member2237407<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why is it more popular to leave a paper trail then electronic?2017-01-11T00:24:32-05:00SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member2237407<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why is it more popular to leave a paper trail then electronic?2017-01-11T00:24:32-05:002017-01-11T00:24:32-05:001SG Private RallyPoint Member2237448<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do both.<br />Systems fail. Paper gets lost.<br />It is much harder and unluckier to have both happen to the same item.Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2017 12:40 AM2017-01-11T00:40:08-05:002017-01-11T00:40:08-05:00Sgt Private RallyPoint Member2237553<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I do my taxes every year by hand and have hard copies. Some electronic records are only kept for ten years or a year. I can go back and look at previous returns because I have the hard copy. With electronic recordfs, that might not be the case.Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2017 2:00 AM2017-01-11T02:00:56-05:002017-01-11T02:00:56-05:00PO1 Brian Austin2237579<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Technology can fail, hard copies can get lost. So keep both. I usually keep multiple copies of important documents. It's come in handy when a copy has been lost. Or if a computer sends your information into the ether.Response by PO1 Brian Austin made Jan 11 at 2017 2:22 AM2017-01-11T02:22:48-05:002017-01-11T02:22:48-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member2237647<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="821930" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/821930-88m-motor-transport-operator-16th-mp-bde-hhc-16th-mp-bde">SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member</a> you can always delete emails......<br /><br />In all seriousness websites like iPerms go down and records are lost. But fires and moves happen and paper is destroyed or lost. I keep both if I can, if it is important enough.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2017 3:18 AM2017-01-11T03:18:48-05:002017-01-11T03:18:48-05:002017-01-11T00:24:32-05:00