You can get help from the IRS in several ways.

Free publications and forms. To order free publications and forms, call 1-800-TAX- FORM (1-800-829-3676). You can also write to the IRS Forms Distribution Center nearest you. Check your income tax package for the address. Your local library or post office may also have the items you need.

For a list of free tax publications, order Publication 910, Guide to Free Tax Services. It also contains an index of tax topics and related publications and describes other free tax services available from the IRS, including tax education and assistance programs.

If you have access to a personal computer and modem, you can also get many forms and publications electronically. See Quick and Easy Access to Tax Help and Forms in your income tax package for details.

Tax questions. You can call the IRS with your tax questions. Check your income tax package or telephone book for the local number, or you can call 1-800-829-1040.

TTY/TDD equipment. If you have access to TTY/TDD equipment, you can call 1-800- 829-4059 to ask tax questions or to order forms and publications. See your income tax package for details.

Evaluating the quality of our telephone services. To ensure that IRS representatives give accurate, courteous, and professional answers, we evaluate the quality of our "800 number" telephone services in several ways.

1. A second IRS representative sometimes monitors live telephone calls. That person only evaluates the IRS assistor and does not keep a record of any taxpayer's name or tax identification number.
2. We sometimes record telephone calls to evaluate IRS assistors objectively. We hold these recordings no longer than one week and use them only to measure the quality of assistance.
3. We value our customers' opinions. Throughout this year, we will be surveying our customers for their opinions on our service.

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