Help from the IRS and other government agencies

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) itself offers an awesome array of all types of help.

The IRS Mission is to
“Provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.”

And, at least as far as small business is concerned, the IRS and other U.S. Department of Treasury services, like EFTPS, the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, have reached out to make tax paying as easy and painless as possible.

In the “IRS & You” section here at Idea Cafe’s Small Business Tax Center, we detail many IRS publications and services for small business and explain how you can get them. Here are a few of the pages that point you to help:

• Tax Center / IRS & You / IRS publications of interest to small business
• Tax Center / IRS & You / How to get official forms you can use

The IRS offers much more help of all types

In addition to publications and forms, the IRS has many more services. They have an excellent publication that tells about the array of help for small business. Every small business owner should pick up this free 40-page book to keep as a reference.

Publication 910, IRS Guide to Free Tax Services (PDF)

The reason this booklet is so great is that it details all sorts of services, tells you how to access them and step-by-step how to use them. Here are just a few examples:

• IRS TeleTax - Recorded Information by Phone (877) 829-4477
You can call toll-free anytime 24/7to hear recorded tax info on over 150 different topics, all of which are listed in this book. When your eyes are bleary from all the info packed into IRS publication pdfs, you can give your eyes a break and listen -- you may find it an easier way to absorb the information.

• Or, to speak with a live IRS representative, (800) 829-1040
How cool is that? You can call M-F 7a-10p, Sat 10a-3p. This booklet tells you how to prepare for your call.

We’ll be featuring more IRS and other free government services in upcoming weeks, so check back often.

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