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Old 02-04-2024, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Michael G. View Post
There is so many documents that build up in my home files and wondering
how long should I keep documents from a sale of my house up north?
How about the purchase documents of buying our house in Florida?


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Some posts are saying 10 years..............which is a good number.
Except fraud, IRS "won't" go back that far.

Boom is right about rolling your residential cap gain into your next house.
But there are also other public & bank records available to CYOA if audited.
(this is not a usual IRS audit target)

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