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Starting Points: Guide to Taxes

REFERENCE BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.

R 343.04 Com	Internal Revenue Code	Current tax law of the United States.
Fla R 343.04 Com	Guidebook to Florida Taxes	CCH's (Commerce Clearing House) guide to state taxes. (at Reference desk)
R 343.04 Fed	CCH Federal Tax Guide	The latest income tax law and legislation.
R 343.04 T	IRS Publications	A CCH subscription to current IRS publications.
R 343.04 Las	Your Income Tax	J.K. Lasser publication on preparing your income tax.
R 343.04 Tax	CCH Federal Tax Guide Reports – Tax Week	Weekly tax news.
R343.052	Tax Planning Guides	Various tax planning guides from CCH. (at Reference desk)

CIRCULATING BOOKS
336.2 Boo	The Fair Tax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS
343.03 Rys	Taxes for Dummies
343.04 Las	Your Income Tax (J.K. Lasser)

TAX FORMS

For your convenience, printed federal tax forms for the current tax year are available in the front lobby of the Library during the tax season (January 1 - April 15.)
A copy of Reproducible Federal Tax Forms is also available at the Reference Desk. The Library keeps reproducible copies for five years plus the current year.
The Reference Librarians cannot answer specific tax questions, but would be happy to search the IRS database and download any forms you cannot find in our collection.

FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 332, 343

In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog. A good subject search for this topic is tax planning.

eBOOKS

You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers, located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more details.

FINDING ARTICLES

The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
· EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

WEBSITES

AARP Tax-Aide	Find free tax help locally through their locator or seek advice online and more.
History of the Income Tax in the US	Infoplease’s overview of US taxes from 1791 to the present.
Internal Revenue Service	Forms, instructions and information for filing tax returns.
irs.com	Answers general tax questions and provides links to other related resources.
State of Florida Department of Revenue	Download the most commonly requested forms from the Florida Department of Revenue.
1040.Com	News and general tax information. Also includes forms.

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Updated: December 11, 2007