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.
Six-Year General Guideline. The IRS recommends taxpayers keep tax records for at least the three-year period the government has to collect underpaid taxes from taxpayers. The IRS may collect additional taxes for six years from taxpayers who have failed to report income exceeding 25 percent of his gross taxable income.n addition to tax forms and tax returns, taxpayers should keep all records that prove deductions, income and loss on their Form 1040s.