10 January 2025
For Income Tax Returns (ITR), it's generally recommended to keep your records for 8 years. This is because the Income Tax Department can send a notice up to 8 years from the date of filing the ITR. However, if you have income from foreign assets or financial interests in foreign entities, you should keep your records for 16 years.
TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) Records For TDS records, it's advisable to keep them for 7 years. This is because the Income Tax Department can issue a notice for TDS discrepancies up to 6 years from the financial year in which the TDS was deducted.
10 January 2025
You have to keep 8 years records. According to section 149 of the I-T Act, the Income Tax department can send notice to a taxpayer within seven years from the last date of the respective financial year.