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Favorite Web Sites: Federal and State Income Tax Information
The web sites featured this month have been critically evaluated and selected
by the IU Northwest librarians as well as a group of academic and public librarians
across the United States who compile a yearly Best
Free Reference Web Sites List for the American
Library Association. Here is a list of selection
criteria initially created by the MARS Best Free Websites Task Force
to choose these sites. The Library hopes our readers will find these web
sites useful for locating reliable, accurate and authoritative information
on the Internet.
While your local library and post office may very well have all the forms
and instructions you'll need to complete your taxes, it is also very convenient
to have the federal forms and information available on the web. The IRS site
contains a nice selection of formats available to aid viewing and printing of
forms. Multiple files can be selected on the site which means that you can begin
downloading all the files in unison instead of one-by-one. Making the site even
more convenient, links are provided to state tax forms and to federal forms for
previous years. To reach the Forms and Publications Home Page from the IRS' newly
designed web site, click on the Site Map link and under the Resources section
located in the left frame, choose the Forms and Publications link. (Revised
summary used with permission of the MARS Best Free Websites Committee)
This well designed site features easy access to Illinois state tax forms
for individuals and businesses in PDF (i.e. Adobe Acrobat(r)) format. Some tax
forms can be filled in online and then printed out. The web page also offers
electronic filing as well as resources, publications and online help for various
tax questions.
This very navigable web resource provides clickable links to Indiana state
tax forms, online assistance, electronic services, taxpayer resources and publications
along with tax filing deadlines. The tax form section includes tax forms that
can be viewed and printed in PDF format using Adobe Acrobat(r) Reader. Some of
these forms can be filled in on the browser and then printed. This page also
links to Indiana prior year forms, federal tax forms and other states' tax forms.
More IU Northwest Library Electronic Databases Available Off-Campus With a Virtual
Private Network (VPN) Connection
Now IU Northwest students, faculty and staff can access more electronic resources like Amadeus,
Market Research Monitor, PROMT (formerly F&S Predicasts) and World
Marketing Forecasts through a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection.
An IU Northwest Network ID/E-mail username and password is REQUIRED to set
up this service. For more information on how to configure your computer to use
this system, go to the IU Knowlege Base or
the web page Accessing
Veritas from Outside the Indiana University Network. These links will
provide you with various articles and step-by step instructions on how to upgrade
your computer to VPN.
To determine which IU Northwest Library electronic databases and indexes are available
through VPN, go to the Electronic
Information Page and click on the All Databases Listed Alphabetically link.
If a database listed here has a yellow key with a red IU Northwest symbol underneath
it, this resource can be accessed through a VPN connection. Over time, more
databases will become accessible from home when updated licensing agreements
with existing and new database vendors are reached. Check the IU
Northwest Library
Web News and the Electronic
Information Page regularly for additional databases available through this
method.
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