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.
Tax Records. 1  Tax Returns (Federal and State) â Keep copies of your tax returns and all supporting records until the time that the IRS can examine your return has expired. 2  Generally speaking, that falls between 3 and 7 years from the date you filed, depending on your return. We recommend you keep copies of the actual returns indefinitely, including copies of checks made out to the government (IRS or state). 2  Pay stubs-Keep until you get the year end summary. 3  Then keep the summary and shred the pay stubs.