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How To Get Tax Help

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your area. It is available at

Get information on starting and

You can get help with unresolved tax

gov or at your local IRS office.

operating a small business.

issues, order free publications and

forms, ask tax questions, and get infor-

Free tax services. To find out what

mation from the IRS in several ways.

services are available, get Publication

Phone. Many services are

By selecting the method that is best for

910, IRS Guide to Free Tax Services.

available by phone.

you, you will have quick and easy ac-

It contains a list of free tax publications

cess to tax help.

and describes other free tax informa-

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Ordering forms, instructions, and

tion services, including tax education

Contacting your Taxpayer Advo-

publications. Call

and assistance programs and a list of

cate. The Taxpayer Advocate Service

1-800-829-3676 to order cur-

TeleTax topics.

(TAS) is an independent organization

Accessible versions of IRS pub-

rent-year forms, instructions, and

within the IRS whose employees as-

lished products are available on re-

publications, and prior-year

sist taxpayers who are experiencing

quest in a variety of alternative formats

forms and instructions. You

economic harm, who are seeking help

for people with disabilities.

should receive your order within

in resolving tax problems that have not

10 days.

been resolved through normal chan-

Internet. You can access the

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nels, or who believe that an IRS sys-

IRS website at gov

Asking tax questions. Call the

tem or procedure is not working as it

24 hours a day, 7 days a

IRS with your tax questions at

should.

week to:

1-800-829-1040.

You can contact the TAS by calling

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E-file your return. Find out about

Solving problems. You can get

the TAS toll-free case intake line at

commercial tax preparation and

face-to-face help solving tax

1 - 8 7 7 - 7 7 7 - 4 7 7 8

o r

T T Y / T D D

e-file services available free to

problems every business day in

1-800-829-4059 to see if you are eligi-

eligible taxpayers.

IRS Taxpayer Assistance Cen-

ble for assistance. You can also call or

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ters. An employee can explain

write to your local taxpayer advocate,

Check the status of your 2007

IRS letters, request adjustments

whose phone number and address are

refund. Click on Where’s My Re-

to your account, or help you set

listed in your local telephone directory

fund. Wait at least 6 weeks from

up a payment plan. Call your lo-

and in Publication 1546, Taxpayer Ad-

the date you filed your return (3

cal Taxpayer Assistance Center

vocate Service – Your Voice at the

weeks if you filed electronically).

for an appointment. To find the

IRS. You can file Form 911, Request

Have your 2007 tax return avail-

number, go to gov/local-

for Taxpayer Advocate Service Assis-

able because you will need to

contacts or look in the phone

tance (And Application for Taxpayer

know your social security num-

Assistance Order), or ask an IRS em-

book under United States Gov-

ber, your filing status, and the

ployee to complete it on your behalf.

exact whole dollar amount of

ernment, Internal Revenue Serv-

For more information, go to

your refund.

ice.

gov/advocate.

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Download forms, instructions,

TTY/TDD equipment. If you have

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP).

and publications.

access to TTY/TDD equipment,

The TAP listens to taxpayers, identi-

call 1-800-829-4059 to ask tax

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Order IRS products online.

fies taxpayer issues, and makes sug-

questions or to order forms and

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gestions for improving IRS services

Research your tax questions on-

publications.

and customer satisfaction. If you have

line.

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TeleTax topics. Call

suggestions for improvements, con-

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Search publications online by

1-800-829-4477 to listen to

t a c t

t h e

T A P ,

t o l l

f r e e

a t

topic or keyword.

pre-recorded messages covering

1-888-912-1227 or go to

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various tax topics.

View Internal Revenue Bulletins

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(IRBs) published in the last few

Refund information. To check the

Low Income Taxpayer Clinics

years.

status of your 2007 refund, call

(LITCs). LITCs are independent orga-

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1-800-829-4477 and press 1 for

nizations that provide low income tax-

Figure your withholding al-

automated refund information or

payers with representation in federal

lowances using the withholding

call 1-800-829-1954. Be sure to

tax controversies with the IRS for free

calculator online at gov/

wait at least 6 weeks from the

or for a nominal charge. The clinics

individuals.

date you filed your return (3

also provide tax education and out-

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Determine if Form 6251 must be

weeks if you filed electronically).

reach for taxpayers with limited En-

filed using our Alternative Mini-

Have your 2007 tax return avail-

glish proficiency or who speak English

mum Tax (AMT) Assistant.

as a second language. Publication

able because you will need to

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4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

know your social security num-

List, provides information on clinics in

tional tax news by email.

ber, your filing status, and the

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