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The current year tax forms traditionally
available in the campus library are no longer provided by any
DCCCD campuses.
"The IRS recently began a program
called the BPOL program, that will have the most common tax forms
primarily distributed at Banks, Post Offices and (Public) Libraries,"
said Jane Brown, Librarian at the Mesquite Branch Library.
"Many students and staff have been
very upset that they can no longer obtain the tax forms here
on the campus," said Eastfield librarian Sherry Jessup.
"After all we have always had them here for as long as I
can remember."
Steve Black, majoring in Pre-Med, said
that he's not bothered much by the conversion to digital tax
forms.
"It doesn't affect me. I did mine
over the internet," Black said.
Yvette Sanchez, criminal justice major,
also does her taxes on the internet, so doesn't feel affected
by the change.
Although individual tax forms are not available,
the library does have a group of books that contain tax forms
from which copies can be made for five cents per copy.
"I received a letter from the IRS stating that the DCCCD
campuses would no longer receive the tax forms and no further
information was provided," said Dotty Herndon, a six year
librarian in the DCCCD Library system."I do not know why.
Maybe it is to save the IRS money by not having to print so many
forms. I suggest that those needing the forms download it from
the IRS website."
But if computer access is an issue the
forms can be found elsewhere.
"The most common tax forms such as the 1040ez, 1040, and
others should be available at your tax preparer's office; although
for many years I had to supply the tax preparers because they
had a difficult time in locating the forms themselves."
Herndon said.
"The positive side of this situation
is that it just might encourage people to utilize their public
library and put their tax dollars to work", Cameron Rexroad,
Librarian, said.
There are some other options for locating
your necessary tax forms.
One can make copies of the necessary reproducible
tax forms in the campus library or stop by a local post office
for the forms.
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Tips for filing online
You can access free tax information
at IRS.gov. At 1040 Central on the Individuals page, you can
obtain forms, instructions and publications, learn about IRS
e-file, determine your eligibility for the Earned Income Tax
Credit, read about the latest tax changes and find answers to
Frequently Asked Questions. You can also check the status of
your refund at IRS.gov by clicking on Where's My Refund, a service
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Source: IRS.gov
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