After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth. When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky. The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights. (Gen.
You also should hang on to tax records for three years if you file a claim for a credit or refund after you filed your original return. The limit here could be shifted to two years from the date you paid any due tax, if that date is later than the three-year limit.
So thatâs how long we advise in our charts. Check with your state about state income tax, though. Some make you keep tax records a really long time: In Ohio, itâs 10 years. The IRS can also ask for records up to six years after a filing if they suspect someone failed to report 25% or more of his gross income.