FLETCHER LIBRARY TAX GUIDE                                

Tax Forms Available: Via the Web and Locally                                

Five years of forms and instructions are available for federal taxes and for most states via the World Wide Web. The federal and Massachusetts forms from the sites featured below must be viewed in PDF format, using Adobe Acrobat. The U.S. site includes such forms as Certain Gambling Winnings (W-2G) and U.S. Departing Alien Income Tax Return (1040C).

To find forms by topic or keyword, use the Search feature. Instructions for each form are online, as well as a link to help via e-mail and help line phone numbers. The Massachusetts site has links to other state Revenue departments and forms where available.


U.S. Tax Forms & Instructions
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/forms.html

Massachusetts Tax Forms & Instructions
http://www.dor.state.ma.us/

Links to Other State Revenue Departments & Tax Forms
http://www.dor.state.ma.us/taxsites/states.htm

     What's There?

bulletForms & instructions
bulletEmail help
bulletPhone help numbers
bulletWhere to file
bulletOften forms from prior years

Can I file my taxes electronically?

Both federal and Massachusetts tax returns can be filed via the Internet or by telephone. Refunds are usually available sooner using these methods.

Where do I get paper forms without downloading?

J.V. Fletcher Library has major federal forms onsite:
bulletSelected paper forms are available near the Circulation Desk.  For assistance please ask at the Reference Desk.

Related Sites:

H&R Block Refund Calculator
http://www.hrblock.com/taxes/tools/index.html
A quick and dirty way to estimate what you'll be getting back - or will need to pay.

Tax World
http://www.taxworld.org/
Access to federal tax forms.

1040.com
http://www.1040.com/
Federal (back to 1992) and state forms.

Northwestern University Library Federal and State Tax Information
http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/taxinfo.html

Updated January  2007
DK