Federal Tax Forms (IRS)

• Tax forms, instructions, and publications available in PDF (Adobe Acrobat), PCL, PostScript, and SGML formats
• Search by number, year or keyword
• Archived back to 1992; has most current forms
• Documents Center has reproducible tax forms through 2004 filing year
• IRS cancelled distribution of tax forms to banks and most libraries as of August 2005

Income Tax Information on the Internet

• Links to federal and state tax forms
• Extensive links to professional articles on taxation issues
• Taxation treaties, new laws, policies

Internal Revenue Code

• Searchable by keyword and detailed table of contents

Tax-Exempt Organizations

• Cumulative List of Organizations (IRS)
  • Lists 10,000 charitable organizations for which contributions are tax-deductible
  • Searchable by name of organization and place; make sure the and button is marked to narrow the searches of a given
  • Data provides percentage of contributors adjusted gross income which may be deductible (e.g. 50% deductibility means a person earning $50,000 could deduct $25,000 in contributions)
  • Links to related IRS publications
  • This is the web version of IRS Publication 78
  • There is a state file of tax exempt organizations available for downloading in ASCII format
• Federal Exemption Applications (501c3)
  • IRS Publication 557 describes the procedure
  • Form 1023 is used to apply for tax-exempt status
  • See the IRS Web Site for downloadable copies
• Starting a Nonprofit Organization and NonProfit Law
  • Annotated guide to starting a nonprofit organization or charity at the federal or state level
• State Charitable Regulations (Maryland Dept. of State)
  • Links to registering charities in most states
  • Maryland Regulations are found on a separate web page

Tax History Documents

• U.S. tax history documents from the 1930s and 1940s
• British tax documents through the 18th Century
• Posters and cartoons

TRAC IRS (Syracuse)

• Historical tax audits for 33 IRS districts
• Likelihood of tax audits and current enforcements
• Free registration for intial graphs and charts; charge for lengthier data

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

• IRS Services Volunteer Tax Assistance
  • Describes VITA program, IRS services, and community services for tax filing
  • Describes free e-filing services for senior citizens
  • Phone number to determine nearest location
• Tax filing help (1999 returns) for University of Michigan students is available through Beta Alpha Psi, the national accounting fraternity

Related Information

• Internal Revenue Statistics
  • Numerous time series on federal tax collections from individuals, corporations, and partnerships
  • Most data begins 1993 but selected tables date back to 1975
  • Data must be downloaded into one of several different formats
  • Federal Revenues, 1968-97
    • Total federal revenue by type of tax
    • Annual figures from IRS DataBook 1997
  • Individual Tax Returns
    • Annual data, 1950-98, on the number of returns
• Presidential Tax Returns
• State Tax Forms
• Unclaimed Tax Refunds (National Taxpayers Union)
  • Search database by last name and state to determine if you have an unclaimed IRS refund coming

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