13 C.F.R. § 307.13 Records and retention.
Title 13 - Business Credit and Assistance
(a) Closed Loan files and related documents. The RLF Recipient shall maintain Closed Loan files and all related documents, books of account, computer data files and other records over the term of the Closed Loan and for a three-year (3) period from the date of final disposition of such Closed Loan. The date of final disposition of a Closed Loan is the date: (1) Principal, interest, fees, penalties and all other costs associated with the Closed Loan have been paid in full; or (2) Final settlement or discharge and cessation of collection efforts of any unpaid amounts associated with the Closed Loan have occurred. (b) Administrative records. RLF Recipients must at all times: (1) Maintain adequate accounting records and source documentation to substantiate the amount and percent of RLF Income expended for eligible RLF administrative costs. (2) Retain records of administrative expenses incurred for activities and equipment relating to the operation of the RLF for three (3) years from the actual submission date of the last semi-annual or annual report that covers the period that such costs were claimed, or for five (5) years from the date the costs were claimed, whichever is less. (3) Make available for inspection retained records, including those retained for longer than the required period. The record retention periods described in this section are minimum periods and such prescription does not limit any other record retention requirement of law or agreement. In no event will EDA question claimed administrative costs that are more than three (3) years old, unless fraud is at issue.
Title 13: Business Credit and Assistance
PART 307—ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE INVESTMENTS
Subpart B—Special Requirements for Revolving Loan Funds and Use of Grant Funds
§ 307.13 Records and retention.
