Tax experts weigh in on what you need to keep and for how long.

A handy guide to what receipts, documents and tax forms must be saved, and for how long, to satisfy the IRS. Plus, tips for organizing, storing, scanning and shredding all that paper. After my dad ...

Mortgage statements and related documents are often needed for taxes, audits and legal purposes. Some paperwork, like monthly statements, can be discarded after a year, while others, such as deeds and ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — If you open up my file cabinet, you'll see taxes from last year and years past, but also from as far back as the 90s. There's really no reason to keep tax returns for five, 10, 20 ...