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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
@stevekayak - do you have PDF"s of each tax return? that is all that is really necessary.
Here are the IRS audit rules. Generally, it's only three years from the date you file. Seven years is quite, quite unusual.
Turbo Tax no longer supports tax year 2020; it only supports the prior three years and the current year in the Desktop version (so 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
Period of limitations that apply to income tax returns
- Keep records for 3 years if situations (4), (5), and (6) below do not apply to you.
- Keep records for 3 years from the date you filed your original return or 2 years from the date you paid the tax, whichever is later, if you file a claim for credit or refund after you file your return.
- Keep records for 7 years if you file a claim for a loss from worthless securities or bad debt deduction.
- Keep records for 6 years if you do not report income that you should report, and it is more than 25% of the gross income shown on your return.
- Keep records indefinitely if you do not file a return.
- Keep records indefinitely if you file a fraudulent return.
- Keep employment tax records for at least 4 years after the date that the tax becomes due or is paid, whichever is later.
‎June 1, 2025
5:53 AM
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