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There are myriad tax resources online, including electronic tax forms, tax tips, links to accounting firms, information on federal, state and local tax law, and discussions about tax software. A brief look at tax information available on the World Wide Web:

* For comprehensive information on federal tax resources, including online tax forms, visit the Internal Revenue Service at https://www.irs.gov

* For highlights of the new tax laws and to send comments or questions to various government officials, go to Tax World, administered by an accounting professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, at https://omer.actg.uic.edu/

* For problems with the IRS and to find out about your rights as a taxpayer, visit the IRS’ problem resolution program on the Web at https://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/where--file/index.html

* For tax help and a panoply of tax tips, visit the Schmidt Enterprises’ Tax and Accounting Sites Directory at https://www.taxsites.com/help.html

* For advice on how to complete your taxes online and on how to file your taxes electronically, try https://www.netguide.com/HowTo/Money/Taxes

* For a glossary of tax terms and a list of tax tables, visit the Small Business Taxes & Management site at https://www.smbiz.com/

* To find answers to general tax questions, for links to tax discussion groups and mailing lists and to research federal, state and local tax developments, check out https://www.taxweb.com

* Taxpayers of limited means can find help at go to the Tax Clinic, https://www.tax.org/clinic/default.htm

* For state tax resources, including online forms, a tax calculator and other publications on specific state tax law, go to https://www2.best.com/%7Eftmexpat/html/taxsites/formstat.html

* To read the U.S. tax code, go to https://www.fourmilab.ch/ustax/ustax.html

* For California tax information for banks, corporations, partnerships and estates and trusts, visit the California Franchise Tax Board at https://www.ftb.ca.gov/geninfo/index.asp

* For an alphabetical list of U.S. accounting firms, go to https://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/internet/usafirms/usafirm.htm

* For descriptions and reviews of tax software, go to https://shell5.ba.best.com:80/%7Eftmexpat/html/taxsites/software.html

Researched by JENNIFER OLDHAM / Los Angeles Times