ADJUSTED
GROSS INCOME
A person's entire income reduced by adjustments including a deduction for an IRA
(Individual Retirement Account), medical savings accounts, and alimony paid to
an ex-spouse. Note to the wise: Saving money now in an IRA for your retirement
(yes, even though it seems like a million years away) could be one of your
smartest moves yet.
Useful
Tax Links
ALTERNATIVE
MINIMUM TAX: Alternative
Minimum Tax - text of the U.S. Government code establishing the AMT.
CAPITAL
GAINS: Tax
Topic 409, Capital Gains and Losses - IRS
CHILDREN
TAXPAYERS: Publication
929, Tax Rules for Children and Dependents; Tax for Children Under Age 14 Who
Have Investment Income of More Than $1,400
INDIVIDUAL
TAX RETURN: 3.22.3
Individual Income Tax Returns
ESTATE
TAXES: Estate/Wealth/Gift
Statistics -IRS
and Publication
559, Survivors, Executors, and Administrators; Income Tax Return of an Estate--
Form 1041 and Publication
559, Survivors, Executors, and Administrators; Other Tax Information
FAIR
TAX: IRS
Tax Interactive - what is a fair tax
GIFT
TAX: U.S.
Estate and Gift Tax Law
PAYROLL
TAXES: [4.4.2] 5.6 Payroll Taxes
SOCIAL
SECURITY: Social
Security History Home Page - This is the history web site of the social
security administration with information on the history of Social Security
and the Social Security Administration.
TAX FORMS:
ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH IRS LOCAL
OFFICES, INTERNET, MAIL, COMPUTER, OR TELEFAX.
- Internet: Browse
and retrieve most Federal forms and publications from the IRS here..
These tax materials are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Office: You
may pick up forms or publications and even meet with IRS assistors for
answers to your tax questions at your nearest IRS office - Where
to File - IRS Offices. You can also call 1-800-829-1040
for recorded explanations that may answer your questions.
- Phone: IRS
forms line -- 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676) -- is open from 7:00 a.m. to
11:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. You should know what forms you
want by number, and the name or number of the publication. Taxpayers should
allow up to 15 working days for telephone orders to be processed.
- Telefax: available
24 hours a day, seven days a week 703-368-9694 --
offers 144 forms with instructions by return fax. You can request
that the system fax a list of available items or you can find the order
numbers in the various tax instruction booklets.
TAX
HISTORY: Tax
History Project at Tax Analysts - providing scholars, policy
makers, and the media with information on the history of American taxation
and Tax
World - explanations of tax policy, history, courses,
glossaries downloadable forms and a great menu of links to other important
sites.
W-2
FORM: 21.3.6.4.7.1 Form W-2 Information
W-4
FORM: Part
3 Revenue, Returns, and Accounts Processing Chap. 29 ISRP System Sec. 92 SC
Processing of Form W-4 Employees' Withholding Allowance Certificate
