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Income Taxes
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS): http://www.irs.gov/ This is a go-to Web site for federal income tax information, publications, forms, tools, and tax filing. An especially helpful reference is IRS Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/index.html.
- New York State Department of Taxation and Finance: http://www.tax.ny.gov/ This is a go-to Web site for New York income tax information, publications, forms, tools, and tax filing.
- New York City Personal Income Tax: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/services/business_tax_nys_income.shtml This Web Site explains the personal income tax that New York City residents must pay on their earnings.
- Taxes Terms (Investopedia): http://www.investopedia.com/categories/taxes.asp?page=2#axzz2BMmdXRMM This Web site provides an easily searchable comprehensive glossary of tax terms organized in alphabetical order.
- Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center (IRS): http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Small-Business-and-Self-Employed-Tax-Center-1 This Web site is a “one-stop” source of tax information for small businesses with articles, tax forms, and more.
- EITC Assistant Fact Sheet (IRS): www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=130102,00.html This Web site describes the IRS “EITC Assistant” tool to help users find out if they are eligible for the EITC.
- New York City Earned Income Tax Credit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/ofe/html/policy_and_programs/eitc.shtml This Web site describes the features and criteria of the New York City earned income tax credit.
- Taxpayer Advocate Service (IRS): http://www.irs.gov/uac/Taxpayer-Advocate-Service-6 This Web page contains over a dozen links about an IRS office that helps taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS.
- New York State Taxpayer Advocate: http://www.tax.ny.gov/tra/ This Web page helps users access services from the Office of the New York State Taxpayer Advocate.
- Understanding Taxes Student Site (IRS): http://apps.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/student/index.jsp This Web site contains 38 student lessons divided into two content areas: the hows and the whys of income taxes.
- Your Guide to an IRS Audit (IRS): www.irsvideos.gov/audit/This Web site contains a series of 10 short videos that discuss topics related to the IRS tax audit process