Guest blogger Jennifer K. Davis from GPO’s Library Services & Content Management Division that supports the Federal Depository Libraries Program (FDLP) writes about reproducible tax forms from the Internal Revenue Service. (Originally posted in the FDLP Community site on April 9, 2013.)
If you haven’t filed your tax return already, you’ve still got a little time left until April 15, the tax deadline day. Hopefully, you’ve got your tax forms from the Internal Revenue Service already.
One lucky thing about filing taxes in the U.S.? If you haven’t got those IRS tax forms, you can get copies of the forms almost anywhere. One sure bet is to drop in to your local Federal depository library for the reproducible copies. Most of them get the reproducible forms packet, which includes nearly all the basics. You can find the forms online, too, but if you don’t have a printer at home, the library’s your best bet.
People are usually checking out their library to do research, but shouldn’t miss out on the other resources that the libraries make available. Reproducible tax forms are one of the more obvious bonuses. Whether you need something really basic like a form 1040 to file your taxes, or an EIC (Earned Income Credit) to claim your qualifying child(ren), or a new W-4 to complete for work, your library’s got it.
Even if you’re searching for something less commonly used like a Schedule R (Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled), or a Form 8880 (Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions), you’ll find it all in the packet of reproducible tax forms. When you use a Federal Depository Library, you get to experience the benefits of your Federal taxes at work before you’ve even paid them.
[Note from Michele Bartram:] GPO also offers larger packages of pre-printed IRS tax forms for the convenience of tax preparation professionals on our Online Bookstore. We also have DVDs and CD-ROMs of Federal tax forms. All purchasable tax publications as well as Federal audits and other accounting publications can be found on our U.S. Government Bookstore website under the Taxes, Audits & Accounting category found under our Business & Finance publications section.
For the annual tax forms, we have a special Tax Forms by Year category where you can find the IRS Tax Forms 2012 that includes the 2012 Tax Year IRS Tax Products DVD.
How can I access these individual Reproducible Tax Forms?
- Find the records for these titles in the GPO’s Catalog of Government Publications (CGP). (FDLP Librarians can check out the CGP record that GPO cataloged for the libraries in the March 2013 record load.)
- Find them in any Federal Depository Library that is under GPO’s Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
How can I purchase pre-printed tax forms and a tax publications DVD?
- Find them on GPO’s U.S. Government Online Bookstore.
govbooktalk
Trudy Hawkins
Government Book Talk 
Wow! That’s something new I’ve learned today – income tax forms available at the Federal Depository Library. It’s just a couple of blocks from my place so it’s a great convenience. Thanks for the info.
LikeLike
Avoid doing your taxes at the very last minute. If you rush to meet the filing deadline, you may overlook possible tax savings. You are also more likely to make an error.
LikeLike
I enjoy what you gujys are upp too. This type of clever woirk and coverage!
Keep up the awesone works guys I’ve included you guys to my personal blogroll.
LikeLike
There’s certainly a great deal to find out about this subject. I really like all of the points you made.
LikeLike
Hi! I just would like to give you a huge thumbs up for the great information
you have right here on this post. I will be returning to your site for more soon.
LikeLike
It is in reality a pleasant plus helpful item of info. I’m contented for you to provided this handy information and facts along with us. Please be us all current similar to this. Appreciation for expressing.
LikeLike
What’s up, I check your blog on a regular basis. Your writing style is witty, keep it up!
LikeLike
Your mode of explaining the whole thing in this post is really nice,
Everyone is capable of without difficulty understanding it, Thanks a lot.
LikeLike
Wonderful web site. Plenty of helpful info here.
I’m sending it to several friends ans additionally sharing in delicious. And obviously, thank you for your effort!
LikeLike
Excellent site you have got here.. It’s difficult to find quality writing like yours nowadays. I honestly appreciate individuals like you! Take care!!
LikeLike
I rarely comment, however i did a few searching and wound up here Making Tax Time Less Taxing:
Reproducible Tax Forms | Government Book Talk.
And I do have 2 questions for you if it’s allright. Could it be simply me or does it look like a few of the responses look as if they are left by brain dead visitors? 😛 And, if you are posting at other places, I would like to keep up with everything new you have to post. Could you make a list of every one of all your communal pages like your twitter feed, Facebook page or linkedin profile?
LikeLike
The US Government Bookstore has a number of options for following us.
ONLINE BOOKSTORE NEW TITLES BY TOPIC EMAIL NEWSLETTERS: First, we have many, many “New Titles by Topic” newsletters. You can go to our Online Bookstore site at http://bookstore.gpo.gov and then click on the My Email Subscriptions link in the footer at the bottom of the page to sign up for our email list and select as many of the 255 topics we have available, from International & Foreign Affairs to Nursing. You will only be emailed when a new Federal publication is released that belongs to the newsletter category to which you have subscribed.
GOVERNMENT BOOKTALK BLOG RSS FEED: Additionally, you can subscribe to this Government BookTalk blog by clicking on the subscribe to this blog link on the right column near the top of this blog, and you will be automatically emailed each of our blog posts.
GPO SOCIAL MEDIA SITES: Finally, if you are interested in keeping up with the US Government Printing Office overall, you can like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter or on Pinterest.
Thanks so much for asking!
LikeLike
Thanks for finally writing about >Making Tax Time Less Taxing: Reproducible Tax Forms | Government Book Talk
<Loved it!
LikeLike
That is true about the United States tax system, you have those forms everywhere. E-File is the best way to file! I mailed mine in this year and I regret it!
LikeLike
Only Middle level people pay tax
LikeLike
[…] Depository Library Program (FDLP), Libraries. You can follow any responses to this entrance by a RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your possess […]
LikeLike
You fail to mention that a lot of Public libraries that are also Selective Federal depositories get not only reproducible forms but also receive the actual paper copies of the most needed forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and Instructions so those who don’t want to spend money printing the forms (possibly because they remember when the government mailed them their tax forms) can get them for free at some public libaries.
LikeLike
Great catch, thanks for sending!
LikeLike