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POINT AND CLICK YOUR WAY TO A TROUBLE-FREE TAX SEASON

Need a tax form? Have a question about changes to tax law? Want to find
the nearest IRS taxpayer assistance center? Now anyone with a personal
computer and Internet access can point and click their way to trouble-free
tax filing at www.irs.gov.

The IRS Web site at IRS.gov offers a wealth of resources for making tax
time, well, a little less taxing. A user-friendly format allows even
novice Web surfers to quickly find the information they need. With the
help of the site’s interactive features, you can calculate proper
withholding amounts, learn if the interest you pay is fully deductible or
determine whether you’re eligible to claim the child and dependent care
credit.

The site also provides instructions for obtaining copies of prior-year tax
returns and has a handy tax event calendar. You can even get help with a
particular tax question.

Millions of taxpayers visited the IRS site in 2002, downloading nearly 300
million forms, publications and a variety of topic-oriented tax
information. With the click of a mouse you can access:

– tax forms, instructions, and publications
– the latest tax information and tax law changes
– tax tables and rate schedules
– Publication 17, "Your Federal Income Tax"
– all TeleTax topics
– answers to the most frequently asked tax questions
– a library of tax regulations
– the weekly Internal Revenue Bulletin, which contains all the latest
revenue rulings, revenue procedures, notices, announcements, proposed
regulations and final regulations

In addition, the IRS Web site offers information on the many benefits of
electronic filing. More than 46 million taxpayers e-filed their returns in
2002. They learned that e-file is accurate, convenient and cuts the
waiting time for refunds.

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