Section 4.705-2 - Pay administration records(a) Payroll sheets, registers, or their equivalent, of salaries and wages paid to individual employees for each payroll period; change slips; and tax withholding statements: Retain 4 years.(b) Clock cards or other time and attendance cards: Retain 2 years.(c) Paid checks, receipts for wages paid in cash, or other evidence of payments for services rendered by employees: Retain 2 years.48 FR 42113, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 65 FR 36022 , June 6, 2000; 67 FR 70517 , Nov. 22, 2002