I received an alert from my friends at KraftCPAs yesterday with the following subject line: "How long should your keep you tax records?"

The post by Morganne Keel contains some very basic, succinct and easy-to-implement ideas for document retention of tax records, including the following:

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Individual taxpayers

Keep at least three years, but

At the end of yesterday’s webinar on Construction Documentation and Record Management, I was overwhelmed with so many good questions. Due to time constraints, I did not get a chance to answer them all.  However, I promised to follow up on your inquiries … below are some of your questions.

Construction Law Questions

How long should project related documents be retained? Why