Federal  Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS Tax Forms and Publications IRS FAQs - general questions and answers. IRS Withholding Calculator - Are you having difficulty filling out Form W-4 with your employer? Or try Kiplinger's easy-to-use withholding calculator. IRS Where's My Refund - Access this secure Website to find out if the IRS received your return and whether your refund was processed and sent to you. IRS Understanding your notice - Do you need to see what an IRS notice says, but don't have it in front of you? If you know the notice number, you can look up its purpose, basic message, possible enclosures, and other useful details. What to do if you receive an IRS notice. Got a beef with the IRS? Have suggestions to improve the quality of customer service? The Taxpayer Advisory Panel is a group of volunteers working to improve the Service. Federal hybrid car deduction - For hybrids purchased in 2006 and after, the tax deduction has changed to a tax credit. See my November, 2005 newsletter, Updated, larger tax incentives for hybrid vehicles for more information. Social Security Number Verification - Employers: Verify employees' Social Security numbers over the internet Social Security benefits calculator Tax Almanac - a free online tax research resource and community, Wikipedia style. Colorado Colorado Department of Revenue Tax Account Information Service - Get information about the status of your current income tax refund and other information about your Colorado income tax account Colorado Department of Revenue Tax Information - Individuals Colorado Child Care Contribution Credit - Taxpayers that make a monetary contribution to promote child care in Colorado may claim an income tax credit of 50% of the total contribution on their Colorado income tax return. See my December, 2007 newsletter, The Colorado Child Care Contribution Credit - What a deal! Colorado Alternative Fuel (Hybrid) Vehicle Credit - Receive a credit for up to $4,500 if you purchase an alternative fuel vehicle. Larimer County, Colorado Enterprise Zone "project" Tax Credit - In addition to the federal charitable contribution deduction, receive a 25% Colorado credit when you contribute to an Enterprise Zone "project." Click here for a list of current Larimer County Enterprise Zone projects. Colorado Department of Revenue Tax Information - Businesses Colorado Department of Labor and Unemployment All States Federation of Tax Administrators - Links to All 50 States' Tax Forms State individual income tax rates comparison - updated January 1, 2008 Fun Stuff (for tax geeks like me, that is) Presidential tax returns History of American taxation from The Tax History Museum Tax statistics - produced by the Statistics of Income Division and Other Areas of the IRS Top federal income tax rates since 1916 The first 1040 and instructions in 1913 - Wow! Only 4 pages... The Tax History Project has collect the U.S. 1040 tax forms from 1913 to 2006 here. FindLaw's U.S. Federal and State laws - cases, codes, statutes, regulations Individual Income Confession - Just think, you could be filing a return like this. Tax Freedom Day was April 23, 2008. TFD is the first day of the year in which a nation as a whole has earned enough income to pay its annual tax burden. To make you feel better, Denmark and Sweden's Tax Freedom Day is sometime towards the end of July. Inflation Calculator - The U.S. Inflation Calculator measures the buying power of the dollar over time. Start from any date from 1913 on.
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