Alas, the IRS doesn't let you do that. I file the return and have to keep a copy (and the associated receipts and records) for 7 years — and depending on the asset, that time may be even longer (e.g., cost basis for stocks) — if I remember right. I don't have a problem keeping the records (heck, I've got tax returns dating back to befoe I graduated college); I have a problem getting rid of them.
That said, between the new house (first-time buyer credit plus deductions of the mortgage interest and real estate taxes) and the car (Hybrid credit and deduction of the sales tax), I'm only pissed at having to paper-file in that it adds a delay to my getting the $$$$$ back.
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Date: 2010-02-07 04:45 am (UTC)That said, between the new house (first-time buyer credit plus deductions of the mortgage interest and real estate taxes) and the car (Hybrid credit and deduction of the sales tax), I'm only pissed at having to paper-file in that it adds a delay to my getting the $$$$$ back.