Websites Selected by Librarians

Locating Tax Forms

• The Santa Clara County Library District does not distribute printed tax forms or booklets for either the State of California or the IRS. However, all libraries in the District have reproducible Federal tax forms that patrons can photocopy, as well as public computers from which Federal and State forms and instructions can be printed or downloaded. Librarians cannot provide tax assistance.

• Tax forms can be downloaded and printed from state and federal websites:
  Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov
  California Department of Revenue www.ftb.ca.gov

• Employer and information forms such as W-2, 1098 and 1099 forms must be ordered directly from the IRS.

• Income tax forms for other states can be located through the Federation of Tax Administrators.

Contacting the IRS

Contacting the California Franchise Tax Board

• Tax Resources on the Web
  A directory of web-based tax resources organized by subject.
  
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Forms and Publications
  This site includes tax forms and publications for the current tax year and prior years since 1992. It also links to a variety of tax information provided by the IRS.
  
• Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Forms
  From the State of California's Franchise Tax Board, this site offers tax forms, instructions, and publications from the current tax year and prior years since 1994. It also has links to tax forms of other California state agencies.
  
• United States Tax Code On-Line
  The text of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 of the U.S. Code with full-text search option.
  
• California Revenue and Taxation Code
  Table of contents and text of the code from the California Legislative Counsel's site for California Law. A keyword search is also available.
  
• State Tax Forms
  This site links to tax forms of other states.
  
• Sales Tax Rates for California
  Provided by the California State Board of Equalization, this site includes California city and county sales and use tax rates.
  
• Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office
  Information on how to look up property records, access maps, contest your assessed property tax value and other data from the Assessor's Office.
  
• Karen's Reference Notebook - Tax Information
  Additional tax resources including free tax assistance from Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), 2012 VITA sites (PDF), and AARP’s Tax-Aide program (toll-free phone number 1-888-227-7669).