Form 541 - Partnerships - Department Of Treasury Internal Revenue Service

TaxFax Service. Using the phone at-

appointment by calling your local IRS of-

How To Get Tax Help

tached to your fax machine, you can

fice number and, at the prompt, leaving a

receive forms and instructions by call-

message requesting Everyday Tax Solu-

ing 703 – 368 – 9694. Follow the directions from

tions help. A representative will call you

You can get help with unresolved tax issues,

the prompts. When you order forms, enter the

back within 2 business days to schedule

order free publications and forms, ask tax ques-

catalog number for the form you need. The items

an in-person appointment at your conve-

tions, and get more information from the IRS in

you request will be faxed to you.

nience.

several ways. By selecting the method that is

For help with transmission problems, call the

best for you, you will have quick and easy ac-

FedWorld Help Desk at 703 – 487 – 4608.

cess to tax help.

Mail. You can send your order for

forms, instructions, and publications to

the Distribution Center nearest to you

Contacting your Taxpayer Advocate. If you

Phone. Many services are available by

and receive a response within 10 workdays after

have attempted to deal with an IRS problem

phone.

your request is received. Find the address that

unsuccessfully, you should contact your Tax-

applies to your part of the country.

payer Advocate.

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The Taxpayer Advocate represents your in-

Western part of U.S.:

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Ordering forms, instructions, and publica-

terests and concerns within the IRS by protect-

Western Area Distribution Center

tions. Call 1 – 800 – 829 – 3676 to order cur-

ing your rights and resolving problems that have

Rancho Cordova, CA 95743 – 0001

rent and prior year forms, instructions, and

not been fixed through normal channels. While

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publications.

Central part of U.S.:

Taxpayer Advocates cannot change the tax law

Central Area Distribution Center

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or make a technical tax decision, they can clear

Asking tax questions. Call the IRS with

P.O. Box 8903

up problems that resulted from previous con-

your tax questions at 1 – 800 – 829 – 4933.

Bloomington, IL 61702 – 8903

tacts and ensure that your case is given a com-

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Solving problems. Take advantage of Eve-

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plete and impartial review.

Eastern part of U.S. and foreign

ryday Tax Solutions service by calling your

addresses:

To contact your Taxpayer Advocate:

local IRS office to set up an in-person ap-

Eastern Area Distribution Center

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pointment at your convenience. Check

Call the Taxpayer Advocate at

P.O. Box 85074

your local directory assistance or

1 – 877 – 777 – 4778.

Richmond, VA 23261 – 5074

for the numbers.

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Call, write, or fax the Taxpayer Advocate

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TTY/TDD equipment. If you have access

office in your area.

CD-ROM for tax products. You can

to TTY/TDD equipment, call 1 – 800 – 829 –

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order IRS Publication 1796, Federal

Call 1 – 800 – 829 – 4059 if you are a

4059 to ask tax questions or to order

Tax Products on CD-ROM, and obtain:

TTY/TDD user.

forms and publications.

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TeleTax topics. Call 1 – 800 – 829 – 4477 to

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For more information, see Publication 1546,

Current tax forms, instructions, and publi-

listen to pre-recorded messages covering

The Taxpayer Advocate Service of the IRS.

cations.

various tax topics.

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Prior-year tax forms and instructions.

Free tax services. To find out what services

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are available, get Publication 910, Guide to Free

Evaluating the quality of our telephone serv-

Popular tax forms that may be filled in

ices. To ensure that IRS representatives give

electronically, printed out for submission,

Tax Services. It contains a list of free tax publi-

accurate, courteous, and professional answers,

and saved for recordkeeping.

cations and an index of tax topics. It also de-

we use several methods to evaluate the quality

scribes other free tax information services,

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Internal Revenue Bulletins.

of our telephone services. One method is for a

including tax education and assistance pro-

second IRS representative to sometimes listen

grams and a list of TeleTax topics.

The CD-ROM can be purchased from Na-

in on or record telephone calls. Another is to ask

tional Technical Information Service (NTIS) by

Personal computer. With your per-

some callers to complete a short survey at the

calling 1 – 877 – 233 – 6767 or on the Internet at

sonal computer and modem, you can

end of the call.

The first release

access the IRS on the Internet at

is available in early January and the final release

. While visiting our web site, you

Walk-in. Many products and services

is available in late February.

can:

are available on a walk-in basis.

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See answers to frequently asked tax ques-

CD-ROM for small businesses. IRS

tions or request help by e-mail.

Publication 3207, Small Business Re-

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source Guide, is a must for every small

Download forms and publications or

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Products. You can walk in to many post

business owner or any taxpayer about to start a

search for forms and publications by topic

offices, libraries, and IRS offices to pick up

business. This handy, interactive CD contains

or keyword.

certain forms, instructions, and publica-

all the business tax forms, instructions, and pub-

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Order IRS products on-line.

tions. Some IRS offices, libraries, grocery

lications needed to successfully manage a busi-

stores, copy centers, city and county gov-

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ness. In addition, the CD provides an

View forms that may be filled in electroni-

ernments, credit unions, and office supply

abundance of other helpful information, such as

cally, print the completed form, and then

stores have an extensive collection of

how to prepare a business plan, finding financ-

save the form for recordkeeping.

products available to print from a CD-ROM

ing for your business, and much more. The de-

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View Internal Revenue Bulletins published

or photocopy from reproducible proofs.

sign of the CD makes finding information easy

in the last few years.

Also, some IRS offices and libraries have

and quick and incorporates file formats and

the Internal Revenue Code, regulations,

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browsers that can be run on virtually any

Search regulations and the Internal Reve-

Internal Revenue Bulletins, and Cumula-

nue Code.

desktop or laptop computer.

tive Bulletins available for research pur-

It is available in March. You can get a free

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Receive our electronic newsletters on hot

poses.

copy by calling 1-800-829-3676 or by visiting the

tax issues and news.

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Services. You can walk in to your local

website at /smallbiz.

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Learn about the benefits of filing electroni-

IRS office to ask tax questions or get help

cally (IRS e-file).

with a tax problem. Now you can set up an

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Get information on starting and operating

a small business.

You can also reach us with your computer

using File Transfer Protocol at ftp.irs.gov.

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