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4.    How do I do tax research without physical books or CD's?

Legal Resources Guide

Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
Tax Topics

 

 

Administrative Agencies 

IRS

The IRS’s home page, The Digital Daily (http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html), is excellent. This site contains, in addition to a spinning globe:

(1) Federal tax forms and publications,

(2) tax regulations,

(3) tax information for business and individuals, and

(4) a keyword searchable database of all site information.

 One Size Fits All Sampler

If you would like to see a summary of all tax sites organized by category, a great site is Essential Links to Tax  ( http://www.el.com/elinks/taxes/    ). Categories of tax sites listed include: 

1) tax forms and instructions,  (2) tax assistance and information,   (3) state taxes,  (4) U.S. tax code (5) international tax, (6) tax newsletters, (7) tax newsgroups   (8) tax software, and  (9) tax directories.

IRS - Bulletins http://www.irs.ustrea.gov/prod/bus_info/bullet.html
IRS Code and Subject Telephone Directory http://www.timevalue.com/irsindex.htm
IRS Forms Service http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/forms.html
IRS Publications Service http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_prubs/forms.html
IRS-IRBS Library http://www.fedworld.gov/ftp/irs-irbs/irs-irbs.html

Offers In Compromise & Other Tax Problems

Hobby Loss Audits - Horse Breeding http://www.horsetax.com/
IRS Offer In Compromise Tax Debt Settlement Program http://iready.com/oichelp/index.html
Mankus, Shramuk & Marchan, Ltd. HTTP://www.irstax.com/
Tax problems ? lien - levy - seizure - audit- appeal - offer in compromise http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wellman/homepage.htm

 

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Code   http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/uscode/11/
Bankruptcy Creditors’ Service, Inc.  http://bankrupt.com/
FindLaw - Laws: Bankruptcy Decisions                                http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/bankruptcy.html
The Bankruptcy Lawfinder  http://www.tiac.net/users/agin/blawfind.html

Courts

Court Related Web Site http://www.ncsc.dni.us/courts/sites/courts.htm
Federal Court Opinions - Georgetown  http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Fed-Ct/
FindLaw: Cases and Codes http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Judicial TaxSites  Http://www2.best.com/%7Eftmexpat/html/taxsites/law-judi.html1#supreme-court
Meta Index - All in One Search  http://www.gsu.edu/~lawadmn/lawform.html
Supreme Court  http://www.ljextra.com/public/daily/ussup.html
Supreme Court Decisions  http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct.table.html
Supreme Court Head Notes  http://www.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/syllabi.pl
U.S. Court of Appeals - 9th Cir. http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/ca09.html
U.S. Court of Appeals Decisions http://www.ljextra.com/courthouse/feddec.html
Appellate Counselors Home Page http://www.primenet.com/~crh4/
Cal Appellate Decisions (State/Fed) http://www.primenet.com/~crh4/#Newsletter
California Courts http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/index.htm
Trial Courts http://www.courtinfor.ca.gov/trialcourt/
The State Court Locator http://www.law.vill.edu/State-Ct/

Immigration

U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act
http://www.fourmilab.ch/uscode/8use/8usc.htlm

Patent

IBM Patent Server Home Page http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/
Quested-Orbit Patent & Trademark  http://www.questel.orbit.com/patents/
SPO Patent Services  http://www.spo.eds.com/patent.html
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office  http://www.uspto.gov/

Pending Legislation

Congressional Databases  http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/gpo/
Status of Legislation http://www.vote-smart.org/congress/legislation/status/
Thomas  http://thomas.loc.gov/

Search - Federal

Fedlaw http://www.legal.gsa.gov/

Trademarks

TRADE SECRETS HOME PAGE http://execpc.com/~mhallign/
Trademark - Search & Registration http://pomo.nbn.com/home/tm/
Trademark Application Forms http://www.cushman.com/formlib/tocforms.htm

Forms
Download Advance Directives - All 50 States  http://www. choices.org/ad.htm#

INDEX TO FORMS  http://www.gama.com/forms.htm
Forms - NestEgg  http://nestegg.iddis.com/irs/irsdown.html
IRS Forms Service   http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prd/forms_pubs/forms.html
Tax Forms  http://www.uni.edu/schmidt/forms.html

Retirement Planning

Financial Information Link Library  http://www.mbnet.mb.ca:80/~russell/
Retirement Worksheet  http://networth.galt.com/www/home/mutual/neuberger/retirement/rws2.html

Payroll Taxes

The Payroll Taxes Information Site http://www.payroll-taxes.com/

Per Diem Allowances
Domestic & Foreign Per Diem Rates - PIT http://www.pitt.edu/DOC/94/268/7154/Travel/perdiems.html
Per Diem Travel Allowances http://www.gsa.gov:80/travel/htm

Rates and Tables Federal Tax  http://www.payroll-taxes.com/PayrollTaxes/00000103.htm
Small Business Taxes & Management  http://www.smbiz.com/sbwindex.html#rt
State and Local Tax http://www.payroll-taxes.com/PayrollTaxes/00000103.htm

Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations (searchable) http://law.house.gov:80/cfr.htm
Comment on Proposed Regulations - IRS http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/tax_regs/comments.html
IRS Regulation Service http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/regs.html
Plain Language Regulations - IRS http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/tax_regs/reglist.html

State Tax Forms

CyberCpa - State Tax Forms http://www.cyber-cpa.com/statetax.html
Directory of state tax forms http://www.1040.com.sforms/statelist.html
Tax Forms http://www.uni.edu/schmidt/forms.html

Income Tax

Barry Rubin’s Links to States http://home1.gte.net/brcap/statelnk.htm