Records of Excise Document

[SURYAKANT MITHBAVKAR]

Please give us period for keep excise record like Document & Books as per Excise Act.

[YAGAY and SUN]

Simply, the records have to be preserved for 5 years.

[NEERAJ KUMAR, RANCHI]

yes for five years.

[Mahir S]

Yes, It is the statutory requirement that all records shall be preserved for a period of at least 5 years starting immediately after the financial year to which such records pertains.

For e.g. records for financial year 2006-2007 shall be preserved till 31^st March 2012.

AI Summary

Record retention for excise: records must be preserved for five years from the end of the relevant financial year.
All documents and books relating to excise must be preserved for a period of five years, counted from immediately after the financial year to which the records pertain; for example, records for financial year 2006-2007 must be retained until 31 March 2012.