Storage of PTA Records


PERMANENT STORAGE
  • Annual audit reports
  • Articles of Incorporation
  • Canceled checks for important transactions (e.g., taxes, contracts).
  • Checks should be filed with papers pertaining to each transaction
  • Corporation reports filed with the Secretary of State
  • Legal correspondence
  • Group exemption documents
  • Insurance records: (Accident reports, Claims, Employee Acknowledgement Forms, Policies)
  • Ledgers
  • Minutes of executive board, association and committees (bound)
  • PTA Charter
  • Tax documents: (Exempt status, Group exemption, Letter assigning IRS Employer Identification Number, Tax forms)
  • Correspondence with state or federal agencies
  • Trade mark registrations

    10 YEARS STORAGE
  • Financial statements (year-end) and budgets
  • Grant award letters of agreement

    7 YEARS STORAGE
  • Payment authorization and expense forms (receipts attached) for payments to vendors or reimbursement to officers
  • Cash receipt records
  • Checks (other than those listed for permanent retention)
  • Expired contracts and leases
  • Insurance incident reports
  • Invoices
  • Purchase orders
  • Sales records

    3 YEARS STORAGE
  • General correspondence
  • Employee records (post-termination)
  • Employment applications
  • Petty cash vouchers

    1 YEAR
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Correspondence with customers or vendors if non-contested
  • Duplicate deposit slips
  • Current Bylaws, approved by state parliamentarian
  • Standing Rules
  • Certificates of Insurance
  • Inventories of products and materials, updated yearly
  • Financial Officers' Reports