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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 IRS website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at www.irs.gov to:

Access commercial tax preparation and e-file services available for FREE to eligible taxpayers
Check the status of your 2005 refund
Download forms, instructions, and publications
Order IRS. products online
See answers to frequently asked tax questions
Search publications online by topic or keyword
Figure your withholding allowances using our Withholding Calculator
Send us comments or request help via email
Sign up to receive local and national tax news by email

Phone. Obtain forms, instructions, and publications by calling 1-800-829-3676 to order current year forms, instructions, and publications and prior year forms and instructions. You should receive your order within 10 days.WALK-IN. Pick up certain forms, instructions, and publications at many post offices, libraries, and IRS offices,. 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. You should receive your products within 10 days after we receive your order.CD-ROM. Order IRS Publication 1796, Federal Tax Products on CD, and obtain:

Current tax forms, instructions, and publications
Prior year tax forms, instructions and publications
Popular tax forms which may be filled-in electronically, printed out for submission, and saved for recordkeeping
Internal Revenue Bulletin and much more.

Purchase the CD via the Internet at www.irs.gov/cdorders from the National Technical Information Service (N.T.I.S.) or from the Government Printing Office (GPO) at http://bookstore.gpo.gov/irs for $25 (no handling fee). Order by phone from NTIS at 1-877-233-6767 or from GPO at 1-866-512-1800 for $25 (plus a $5 handling fee). Availability: First release—in January, Final Release—in March.