Income Taxes
Listed below are links to websites that contain income tax information, law, forms, contacts and other helpful materials. During the regular tax season (January--April), some printed tax forms and instructions are available on the first floor near the reference desk. If you do not see the tax materials you need please see the librarian.
Internal Revenue Service - United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Federal Government's site for tax forms and publications that can be printed to a laser printer or downloaded/unzipped for your use.
This site is updated daily for the most current forms and is also good for forms back to 1992.
Includes link to Alabama State Tax Forms.
An index to state tax agencies from MSN MoneyCentral.
Brad Smith, a tax attorney practicing in Seattle, Washington, offers the text of tax treaties between the U.S. and several of its major trading partners.
"This document allows you to access the complete text of the United States Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 of the U.S. Code (26 USC) in a variety of ways. Hyperlinks have been embedded in the Code to permit following crooss-references between sections with a simple mouse click. A WAIS-based full-text search engine allows you to quickly locate Code sections by content."
Includes links on Tax Policy & Reform Groups for the following areas: Tax Reform & Oversight, Tax Policy Research, Internet and e-Commerce, Public & Economic Policy, State Tax Policy, and Tax Associations.
Other Indexes and Links
The following links are very good for tax information. There are some of the same links and many interesting sites.
"Taxpayer tips and online resources to information on income tax preparation assistance, rules, tax code, financial planners and tax preparers, forms (from W-2 to Form 1040), publications, instructions, deductions and filing."
A Guide to Tax Resources on the Internet constructed by Dennis Schmidt, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Northern Iowa.
"TaxWeb is the Internet's first consumer-oriented source for federal, state and local tax-related developments. Within these pages, we will provide answers to general tax questions, plus links to current federal and state-sponsored tax sites to allow more comprehensive tax research."
Documents Center (University of Michigan)
A great collection of tax related information on the Internet.