I always recommend keeping paper copies of tax returns forever - let your heirs dispose of them. You never know when information from years ago might be needed to prove something. Computers and programs come and go over the years so no telling what electronic file from today can be read 50 years from now, but paper can always be read. (Just recently a 1945 tax return for the aunt of a taxpayer that died years ago helped win a court case involving property title - the Aunt keep everything ).
**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**
