Items Years Items Years
Accounting Records Corporate Records
Annual financial statements, journals, tax returns and worksheets, depreciation schedules, general and private ledgers, fixed asset purchases, audit reports Permanent Including but not limited to:

Board minutes, incorporation documents, by-laws, licenses, contracts, leases, mortgages, trademarks, patents, shareholder records, stock and bond transactions, insurance policies and records, partnership agreements, legal documents and correspondence

Permanent
Accounts payable/receivable 10
Sales records, expense records, loan schedules 7 Personnel Records
Benefit, pension, profit sharing plans Permanent
Bank Records Payroll records 7
Statements 7 Employee contracts and records 7

(after termination)

Canceled checks 7

(Permanent for real estate purchases)

Employment applications, resumes 3
Loan records 7

(from last payment)

Real Property Records
Computer Records Purchases, deeds, bills of sale, construction, improvements, blueprints, plans Permanent
Backups of all business records Permanent