Quick and Easy Access to Tax Help and Forms. Summary: This text explains how the taxpayer can get tax help and forms. It states:PERSONAL COMPUTER. Access the I.R.S.'s Web Site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.irs.gov to do the following:
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Download forms, instructions, and publications
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Order I.R.S. products on-line
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See answers to frequently asked tax questions
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Search publications on-line by topic or keyword
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Figure your withholding allowances using our W-4 calculator
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Send us comments or request help via e-mail
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Sign up to receive local and national tax news by e-mail
FAX. You can get over 100 of the most requested forms and instructions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by fax. Just call 703-368-9694
from the
telephone connected to the fax machine.For help with transmission problems, call the FedWorld Help Desk at 703-487-4608.Long-distance
charges may apply.MAIL. You can order forms, instructions, and publications by completing the order blank on page 53. You should receive your order
within 10 days
after we receive your request.WALK-IN. You can pick up some of the most requested forms, instructions, and publications at many I.R.S. offices, post offices, and
libraries. Some
grocery stores, copy centers, city and county government offices, credit unions, and office supply stores have a collection
of reproducible tax forms
available to photocopy or print from a CD-ROM.PHONE. You can get forms, publications, and automated information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by phone.Forms and Publications. Call 1-800-829-3676 to order current and prior year forms, instructions, and publications. You should receive your order within
10
days.TeleTax Topics. Call 1-800-829-4477 to listen to pre-recorded messages covering about 150 tax topics.CD-ROM. Order Publication 1796, Federal Tax Products on CD-ROM, and get:
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Current year forms, instructions, and publications
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Prior year forms, instructions and publications
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Popular tax forms that may be filled in electronically, printed out for submission, and saved for recordkeeping
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Internal Revenue Bulletins
Buy the CD-ROM on the Internet at www.irs.gov/cdorders from the National Technical Information Service (N.T.I.S.) for $22
(no handling fee),
or call 1-877-233-6767 toll-free to buy the CD-ROM for $22 (plus a $5 handling fee).