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What and for how long one should keep your documents.

Posted 17 July 2014

Hi Tim, I am writing an article on Tax: Good record-keeping is key, I am struggling to find recent info on what and for how long one should keep your documents.

TaxTim TaxTim says:
17 July 2014 at 15:06

You should keep all your documents for 5 years in order to be safe as SARS can go back that long and reopen their assessments.

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