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I. Pre Start-up/Assessing Your Business Idea II. Starting Your Business/Keeping Records III. Guidance for Special Types of Businesses IV. Hiring Employees V. Preparing Your Tax Return(s) and Information Returns VI.  Filing Your Returns and Paying Taxes - Including Electronic Options VII.  Post-Filing Issues VIII. Other Tax Issues of Interest IX. Index of Business Forms and Publications Including: Highlights of the New Tax Law Changes X. Changing Your Business or Getting Out of Business XI. Alerts and Tutorials XII. Directory of Internet and Other Resources
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How To Get More Information

You can order free publications and forms, ask tax questions, andget more information from the IRS in several ways. By selecting themethod that is best for you, you will have quick and easy access totax help.

Free tax services.To find out what services are available, get Publication 910,Guide to Free Tax Services. It contains a list of free taxpublications and an index of tax topics. It also describes other freetax information services, including tax education and assistanceprograms and a list of TeleTax topics.

Computer:

Personal computer. With your personal computer andmodem, you can access the IRS on the Internet atwww.irs.ustreas.gov. While visiting our Web Site, you canselect:

  • Frequently Asked Tax Questions to find answers toquestions you may have.
  • Fill-in Forms to complete tax formson-line.
  • Forms and Publications to download forms andpublications or search publications by topic or keyword.
  • Comments & Help to e-mail us with commentsabout the site or with tax questions.
  • Digital Dispatch and IRS Local News Netto receive our electronic newsletters on hot tax issues andnews.
You can also reach us with your computer using any of thefollowing.
  • Telnet at iris.irs.ustreas.gov
  • File Transfer Protocol atftp.irs.ustreas.gov
  • Direct dial (by modem)703-321-8020

Fax:

TaxFax Service. Using the phone attached to your faxmachine, you can receive forms, instructions, and tax information bycalling 703-368-9694. Follow the directionsfrom the prompts. When you order forms, enter the catalog number forthe form you need. The items you request will be faxed to you.

Phone:

Phone. Many services are available by phone.
  
  

  • Ordering forms, instructions, and publications.Call 1-800-829-3676 to ordercurrent and prior year forms, instructions, and publications.
  • Asking tax questions. Call the IRS with your taxquestions at 1-800-829-1040.
  • TTY/TDD equipment. If you have access to TTY/TDDequipment, call 1-800-829-4059 to ask taxquestions or to order forms and publications.
  • TeleTax topics. Call1-800-829-4477 to listen to pre-recordedmessages covering various tax topics.

Evaluating the quality of our telephone services. Toensure that IRS representatives give accurate, courteous, andprofessional answers, we evaluate the quality of our telephoneservices in several ways.
  • A second IRS representative sometimes monitors livetelephone calls. That person only evaluates the IRS assistor and doesnot keep a record of any taxpayer's name or tax identificationnumber.
  • We sometimes record telephone calls to evaluate IRSassistors objectively. We hold these recordings no longer than oneweek and use them only to measure the quality of assistance.
  • We value our customers' opinions. Throughout this year, wewill be surveying our customers for their opinions on ourservice.

Walkin:

Walk-in. You can pick up certain forms, instructions,and publications at many post offices, libraries, and IRS offices.Some libraries and IRS offices have an extensive collection ofproducts available to print from a CD-ROM or photocopy fromreproducible proofs.

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