Keeping corporate records may seem like a chore, but it can help should the corporation become involved in litigation. The IRS also requires a corporation to save certain records.
Companies should take care to keep
corporate records separate from all other records, in a secure and easy to access place. If an officer or a shareholder is involved in more than one corporation, the documents for each corporation should be kept separate.
There are no federal laws stating how long corporate records must be kept, other than records used for taxes. Companies must keep those records pursuant to IRS regulations (usually documents for depreciation).
Companies should keep the following documents:
A corporation’s officers can keep the documents in any manner, but they should at least file them in such a manner that any certain document can be easily found when needed.