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Quick and Easy Access to IRS Tax Help and Tax Products. Summary: This text explains how the taxpayer can get tax help and forms. It states:Internet. You can access the I.R.S. website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at www.irs.gov to:

Access commercial tax preparation and e-file services available free to elibible taxpayers;
Download forms, instructions, and publications;
Order I.R.S. products on-line;
Research your tax questions online;
Search publications on-line by topic or keyword;
Send us comments or request help by e-mail;
Sign up to receive local and national tax news by e-mail.

Phone. Order current year forms, instructions, and publications and prior year forms and instructions by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676). You should receive your order within 10 days.Walk-In. You can pick up some of the most requested forms, instructions, and publications at many IRS offices, post offices, and libraries. Some grocery stores, copy centers, city and county government offices, credit unions, and office supply stores have a collection of reproducible tax forms available to photocopy or print from a CD-ROM.Mail. Send your order for tax products to: National Distribution Center, P.O. Box 8903, Bloomington, IL 61702-8903 .IRS Tax Products CD. You can order Publication 1796, IRS Tax Products on CD, and obtain:

Current-year forms, instructions, and publications,
Prior-year forms, instructions, and publications,
Bonus: Historical Tax Products DVD - Ships with the final release,
Tax Map: an electronic research tool and finding aid,
Tax law frequently asked questions,
Tax Topics from the IRS telephone response system,
Fill-in, print, and save features for most tax forms.
Internal Revenue Bulletins,
Toll-free and email technical support.

The CD is released twice during the year. The first release will ship the beginning of January and the final release will ship the beginning of March.Buy the CD-ROM from the National Technical Information Service at www.irs.gov/cdorders for $35 (no handling fee) or call 1-877-CDFORMS (1-877-233-6767) toll-free to buy the CD for $35 (plus a $5 handling fee). Price is subject to change.