Power Query DAX sortedrows

Hi, I'm trying to filter a query using the current year - 5 (to get everything that's only 5 years old). I've tried a number of functions but continue to get an error.
The UI produces the following statement if I type in a date: = Table.SelectRows(ChangedType, each [IncorporationDate] > #date(2008, 8, 31))
What I'm trying to achieve is : = Table.SelectRows(ChangedType, each [IncorporationDate] > #date(YEAR(TODAY()), 8, 31))
Can anyone help point me to the right solution.
Thanks, Tim.
Thank you for you time folks!

= Table.SelectRows(ChangedType, each [IncorporationDate] > #datetime(Date.Year(DateTime.LocalNow()), 1, 1, 0, 0, 0))
This uses DateTime.LocalNow() to get the current date and which is then parsed through Date.Year to convert it to just the year. The following numbers you could amend to the month, day and time needed.
Here is a library of formulas if you were not aware
Power Query Formula Library
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