-- -Rowan- 4/13/2014. I think the name Rowan is beautiful for a girl, but a little rough for a boy. I once read a book about a girl named Rowan because there was a Rowan tree outside of her mum's bedroom window when she was pregnant.
For most people, that means keeping your tax records for at least three years from the date you actually filed your tax return. Some states have a longer statute of limitations. In that case, you should keep your tax records for as long as the statute of limitations is still open for a particular tax return. The statute of limitations gives the IRS three years to audit your tax return.
However, the six years is from the end of the period for which the tax return was filed, so for a tax return filed in 2015 you must keep the records until December 31 of 2021 (one day less than seven years). Most businesses keep their records for seven years to avoid confusion.