Thanks for the reply about tools purchased for home improvement projects.
But I also still am unsure how much detail the IRS might want for documentation of improvements. Some projects where I paid a contractor and had a contract are will documented. But other smaller projects - some of which go back 30 years, are things that I don't have every cancelled check or credit card receipt, and it is impossible to resurrect those records from so long ago. I a running tally of expensed, with dates and vendors sufficient?
