Federal Government
Internal
Revenue Service (IRS)
- Taxpayers can now go online and check the status of their individual federal
income tax refunds using
Where’s
My Refund? , the first IRS web-based service giving taxpayers
direct access to their personal tax account information. Spanish-speaking
taxpayers may prefer ¿Dónde
Está mi
Reembolso?
- The IRS-issued 2010
Refund Cycle Chart (in English and Spanish)
- Pub. 590 Tax
Calendars for 2010
- Site map (index) of the Internal
Revenue Service Web site
- Internal Revenue Service E-file
Services
- The Internal Revenue Service provides free Spanish-language products and
services –
CLICK HERE for a listing of what's available for Small Businesses, and CLICK HERE to
visit the El IRS en Español webpage, which contains forms, notices, business resource links,
online tools, and publications for both individual and business taxpayers.
- IRS warns of bogus refund emails and Web sites! Email, appearing to
come from "tax-refunds@irs.gov", tells the recipient that he or she is
eligible to receive a tax refund for a given amount. It states that to
access a form for the tax refund, the recipient must use a link contained
in the e-mail. The link leads the recipient to a form which asks for
the personal and financial information. The information fraudulently
obtained is then used to steal the taxpayer’s identity and financial
assets. The IRS never asks for personal identifying or financial
information via unsolicited e-mail. To learn more about this
scam and what to do if you suspect that you have received one, do NOT
open it – CLICK HERE to read the advise of the IRS.
- The Internal Revenue Service is providing an online tool, the AMT
Assistant, which helps taxpayers determine whether or not
they may be subject to the AMT by automating the AMT Worksheet of the
1040 Instructions, called the "Worksheet to See if You Should Fill
in Form 6251 - Line 45." The IRS estimates most taxpayers can make
entries and get an answer in five to 10 minutes using the new application. Read
more about the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) Assistant for Individuals...
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Retirement Plan Information – find tips on
how to find, fix, and avoid common mistakes in: SEP,
SIMPLE IRA Plan, and 401(k) Fix-It Guides are available in .pdf
format.
- A complete course on Disaster Assistance Self-Study
and Kits can be
found on the IRS web site. Read more on this topic...
- The IRS.GOV
One Click is a MS Word hypertext index of the most
frequently used links on the IRS Web site. It has been thoughtfully
provided by the Stakeholder Liaison team, who encourage you to download
it and place it on your desktop for easy access.
- Hear it directly from the source – sign
up for an IRS e-mailing list that targets your area of concern.
- The IRS has a
new interactive tool, the "EITC Assistant" (English and Spanish),
to help tax practitioners determine whether their clients are eligible
for the earned income tax credit (EITC). The EITC Assistant will help
determine eligibility, filing status, and if the children are qualifying
children for EITC purposes. The tool will also calculate the amount
of the expected credit.
- The National
Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization
within the IRS, created to help taxpayers resolve problems with the
IRS and to recommend changes that will prevent the problems. If you
have an ongoing issue with the IRS that has not been resolved through
normal processes, or you have suffered, or are about to suffer a significant
hardship/economic burden as a result of the administration of the tax
laws, contact the Taxpayer Advocate Service.
Small
Businesses
- New Web site: Business.gov provides
one-stop information for small businesses. The site helps small businesses
find compliance information and services by searching multiple government web
sites and by organizing the information into industry and topic categories.
Managed by the U.S. Small Business Administration in a partnership with 21
federal agencies, Business.gov provides
quick and focused compliance search results, a comprehensive catalog of federal
government forms, a directory of knowledgeable government contacts, links to
key industry resources and “how to” information for starting, growing
and managing a business.
- The Internal Revenue Service is offers a range of tax-related resources
for Small Businesses, including electronic
"workshops" on-line, or on CD/DVD. Most are free for up to
five copies. Check
what they have to offer...
Identity
Theft
- IdentityTheft.gov has a wealth of information on preventing and dealing with issues of identity theft, both in English and Spanish.
Tax-Exempt
Organizations
- Expanded Resources for Exempt Organizations
The EO Update reports that the portion of the IRS Web site
dedicated to exempt organizations has been expanded to include links
to state government Web sites with information for nonprofits.
IRS Exempt Organization has developed a series of video mini-courses on topics important to exempt organizations. You can stop the presentation at any
time, come back, and resume where you left off. This is a very useful
IRS web site for Tax Exempt and Government Entities: http://www.stayexempt.org/
You will find that you need to stay on your toes to participate in the
popular Phone Forums, however. The IRS Web site suggests that you bookmark
the Exempt
Organizations Calendar of Events page in your Browser so that you
can easily check for forums and events pertaining to exempt organizations.
Social
Security
- Online retirement
estimator (English)
- New: Social Security has released its Open Government plan. The
plan, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/open,
reflects the agency’s commitment to increase transparency,
expand opportunities for citizen participation and collaboration,
and make open government sustainable at Social Security. Three
flagship initiatives are highlighted in the plan -- the Spanish-Language
editions of the existing Retirement Estimator, Online Service Enhancement,
and an Online Life-Expectancy Calculator.
- Social Security Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
State/Local Government
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Oregon
- Check the status of your refund with Oregon DOR's online service Where's
My Oregon Refund?
- Oregon
Withholding Tax Tables are now ONLINE ONLY, so that they may be maintained more efficiently.
- DOR circular 2-d Bar Code Filing for Oregon (2-d bar codes are now required)
- A complete list of PO
Boxes for Returns, Forms and Correspondence and their priorities, in the form of an .xls spreadsheet provided
by the Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR).
- The Oregon representative for the Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel (TAP) can be reached at milissa@uci.net,
and I can be reached through the TAP contact number of 888-912-1227.
- If you're an Oregon Tax Professional you should seriously
consider subscribing to the Revenews mailing list established by the
Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR), Personal Income Tax Division, to disseminate
Oregon tax information to tax practitioners. Practitioners can easily self
- subscribe to the list by visiting http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/TAXPRO/revenews.shtml.
- The Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR) has created a new email listserv
called Payrolltax-news designed to provide the most current
payroll tax information to its subscribers. Employers and other interested
individuals can easily subscribe to Payrolltax-news by going
to:
http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/BUS/payrolltaxnews.shtml.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact them at payroll.help.dor@state.or.us .
- The Oregon State Board of Tax Practitioners describes Proper
Disposal of Confidential Client Records.
- A two-hour Tax Practitioner Liason (TPL) meeting worth 2 hours of
CPE credit takes place one Friday each month at the Oregon Department of Revenue
Building in Salem, Oregon. An excellent opportunity to gather timely resource
materials prepared by the DOR and for face-to-face communication. CLICK
HERE to
learn more.
- Oregon E-Government
- Online Services: Taxes. File income taxes, make a payment on Payroll,
Estimated Corporate Excise and Income Taxes, or pay Motor Carrier Highway
Use Tax.
- Detailed requirements to be an Oregon State Tax
Consultant
- Detailed requirements to be an Oregon State Tax
Preparer
- Oregon State Board
of Tax Practitioners.
- PortlandMaps.com,
a joint project of Corporate GIS (CGIS), and the Bureau of Information Technology
(BIT) at The City of Portland. This site offers a new way of accessing public
data: you simply enter an address or intersection and click Search.
The returned data includes not only Assessor/Tax Lot information, but a mind-boggling
array of clear, concise information about the site and the area around it.
Washington
Affiliated State Organizations
- Alaska
Association of Tax Consultants (AATC)
Professional Organizations: National
Professional Organizations: State
Alaska
Oregon
Washington
Tax Research Sites
