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> - I have a very large collection of losing lottery tickets. Why do you still keep them around? Edit: or for how long does the IRS make you keep them, I guess

by a_t48 9y ago

> - I have a very large collection of losing lottery tickets. Why do you still keep them around? Edit: or for how long does the IRS make you keep them, I guess.

Bedon292 9y ago
I would assume its the standard 3 to 6 years for auditing, but for something as crazy as hundreds of thousands of tickets, might be worth keeping around longer.
- jmharvey 9y ago
  Yeah, that's basically what it is. The tickets that are still within the 6 year audit window have all been digitized; at this point I mostly keep them as a souvenir.
  - koolba 9y ago
    How did you digitize that many tickets?
    - PakG1 9y ago
      I imagine one at a time at the time of purchase.
    - jmharvey 9y ago
      High speed scanner, and an unreasonable amount of manual effort.