Web Sites of Interest

Tax Related Websites

(Helpful Business Sites are toward the bottom)

• IRS Web Site (Plethora of useful information)
  http://www.irs.gov

• Innocent Spouse and Injured Spouse (Request for Innocent Spouse Relief Claim Form 8857)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8857.pdf

• (Innocent Spouse Relief Publication 971)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p971.pdf

• (Injured Spouse Claim Form 8379)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8379.pdf

• IRS Manual (Comprehensive Manual for all IRS employees)
  http://www.irs.gov/bus_info/tax_pro/irm-part/index.html

• IRS Forms and Publications (Forms and Publications)
  http://www.irs.gov/forms_pubs/index.html

• Ohio Department of Taxation (Forms and Publications)
  http://www.state.oh.us/tax

• Taxpayer Advocate Service (Assistance if you are experiencing a problem dealing with the IRS)
  http://www.irs.gov/ind_info/advocate.html

• IRS Notices (Understanding your notice)
  http://www.irs.gov/tax_edu/notices/index.html

• IRS offices in your area (How to contact the IRS and where to file)
  http://www.irs.gov/where_file/index.html

• Taxpayer's Rights (Your rights as a taxpayer)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1.pdf

• Educational credits (Tax benefits for higher education)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf

• The IRS Collection Process (Publication explaining the collection process)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p594.pdf

• Appeal Process (Yours appeal rights and how to prepare a protest if you don't agree)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5.pdf

Helpful Business Sites

• Small Business Administration (Helpful Startup Information)
  http://www.sba.gov

• US Business Advisor (Useful link of support of your business activities)
  http://www.business.gov

• STAWRS (Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System)
  http://www.tax.gov

• SCORE (Retired executives will help you with business start-up issues)
  http://www.score.org/

• Small Business Talk (Printable small business publication from the IRS)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1853.pdf

• Appeal Process (Yours appeal rights and how to prepare a protest if you don't agree)
  http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5.pdf

• Small Business Corner (Information on starting and operating a new small business)
  http://www.irs.gov/bus_info/sm_bus/index.html

• Small Business Resource Guide (Order free CD Rom from the government developed by IRS and SBA)
  http://www.irs.gov/bus_info/sm_bus/smbus-cd.html

• Small Business Classroom (On-line system resource for training and informing entrepreneurs)
  http://classroom.sba.gov/index.html

• Startup Biz do it Yourself Resources (Seven steps to starting your own business)
  http://www.startupbiz.com/Doit/seven.htm

• Business Plan Outline (The business plan road map to success)
  http://www.sba.gov/starting/indexbusplans.html

• Wall Street Journal Business Startup Guide (Entrepreneurial advice and advice on running a business)
  http://startup.wsj.com/