Taxes

The Santa Clara County Library District provides printed forms and instructions for the IRS 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ, as well as forms & instructions for the California 540 & 540EZ. Librarians cannot provide tax assistance. For free help check out these resources.

• Online Resources
• Locating Tax Forms
• Contacting the IRS
• Contacting the California Franchise Tax Board
• Free Income Tax Assistance
• Other Tax Resources

Online Resources

• Legal Information Reference Center
  Provides full-text publications and legal forms. 

Locating Tax Forms

• Tax forms can be downloaded and printed from state and federal websites:
  Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov
  California Department of Revenue www.ftb.ca.gov

• Employer and information forms such as W-2, 1098 and 1099 forms must be ordered directly from the IRS.

• Income tax forms for other states can be located through the Federation of Tax Administrators.

Contacting the IRS

• Live Assistance:
  Mid Jan.-April 15
  Monday - Friday (7am - 7pm)
  1-800-829-1040

• Order Forms & Publications:
  1-800-829-3676

• Teletax Topics:
  1-800-829-4477

• Taxpayer Advocate Office
  1-408-817-6850 or 1-877-777-4778

• Hearing Impaired:
  1-800-829-4059 (TDD)
  Monday - Friday (7am - 7pm)

• Local office:
  IRS
  55 S. Market St., Third Floor, San Jose, CA 95113
  1-408-282-0179
  Monday -Friday (8:30am - 4:30pm)

• Website: www.irs.gov

• Where to File Addresses for Individual Taxpayers

Contacting the California Franchise Tax Board

• Live Assistance:
  Monday - Friday   (7am - 5pm)
  1-800-852-5711

• Live Chat
  Monday - Friday (7am - 5pm)

• Order Forms:
  1-800-338-0505

• Hearing Impaired:
  1-800-822-6268 (TTY/TDD)

• Local office:
  Franchise Tax Board
  1515 Clay Street, Suite 305, Oakland, CA 94612
  or
  121 Spear Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105
  1-800-852-5711
  Monday - Friday (7am - 7pm)

• Website: www.ftb.ca.gov

• Where to File Addresses for Individual Taxpayers

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

• Santa Clara County Library Free Tax Assistance
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) - Download List of VITA sites for Santa Clara County (PDF)
• IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) & the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Locator 
• AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Locator
• AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program (toll-free phone number 1-888-687-2277)

Other Tax Resources

• Tax Resources on the Web 
  A directory of web-based tax resources organized by subject.

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Forms and Publications 
  This site includes tax forms and publications for the current tax year and prior years since 1992. It also links to a variety of tax information provided by the IRS.

• Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Forms 
  From the State of California's Franchise Tax Board, this site offers tax forms, instructions, and publications from the current tax year and prior years since 1994. It also has links to tax forms of other California state agencies.

• United States Tax Code On-Line
  The text of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 of the U.S. Code with full-text search option.

• California Revenue and Taxation Code
  Table of contents and text of the code from the California Legislative Counsel's site for California Law. A keyword search is also available.

• State Tax Forms
  This site links to tax forms of other states.

• Sales Tax Rates for California
  Provided by the California State Board of Equalization, this site includes California city and county sales and use tax rates.

• Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office
  Information on how to look up property records, access maps, contest your assessed property tax value and other data from the Assessor's Office.

• Karen's Reference Notebook - Tax Information
  Additional tax resources.