How far back can someone be audited by IRS??

Question:

2006-01-12 10:53:10 UTC

Trying to figure out how long to keep records.

Two answers:

ryanmean2003

2006-02-18 15:48:10 UTC

3 years. However in reality they will only go back 18 months unless there is fraud involved when there is no time limit

2006-01-13 16:46:40 UTC

I believe it is seven years. You can verify this by searching on:

www.irs.gov

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