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.
You Should Keep Tax Records â But How, And For How Long? A pile of IRS Form 1040 tax documents is seen in this file photo. Personal finance experts recommend keeping most records for three years after they're used in a tax return. Tax Day 2012 is looming â and after we file our returns, many of us will try to figure out what to do with the seemingly innocuous but possibly crucial documents we use to prepare our returns.