Publication 2053-A (Rev. 9-2011)

Cat. No. 23267Z

Quick and Easy Access to IRS Tax Help and Tax Products

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

www.irs.gov

Internet Online Services & Tax Help

Access the IRS website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at

www.irs.gov to obtain information on:

● Online Services — Conduct business with the IRS

electronically

View & Download Products

Visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov and select Forms and

Publications, or simply type www.irs.gov/formspubs in

your Internet search window to view or download current

and previous year tax products.

Online Ordering of Products

To order Tax Products delivered by mail, go to

www.irs.gov/formspubs

● For current year products, select “Forms and

publications by U.S. mail”

● For Employer Products (e.g. W-4, Pub. 15) and

Information Returns (e.g. W-2, W-3, 1099 series),

select “Employer forms and instructions”

● For tax products on a DVD, select “Tax products on

DVD (Pub. 1796)” See DVD below

Telephone Tax Forms & Publications

1-800-829-3676

Call to order current and prior year forms, instructions,

and publications.

You should receive your order within 10 working days.

Tax Help & Questions

Individuals: 1-800-829-1040

Business & Specialty Tax: 1-800-829-4933

Hearing Impaired TTY/TDD: 1-800-829-4059

TeleTax - 24 hour tax information: 1-800-829-4477

See instructions 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ for topic

numbers and details.

Refund Hotline: 1-800-829-1954

Mail You can receive tax products within 10 working days after

receipt of your order. Internal Revenue Service

1201 N. Mitsubishi Motorway

Bloomington, IL 61705-6613

Community

Locations

You can pick up some of the most requested forms,

instructions, and publications at many IRS offices, post

offices, and libraries.

Also some grocery stores, copy centers, city and county

government offices, and credit unions have reproducible

tax form products available to photocopy.

DVD Purchase the IRS Publication 1796 (IRS Tax Products).

Availability:

Internet:

Telephone:

● National Technical Information Service (NTIS) at

www.irs.gov/cdorders

or

● Government Printing Office (GPO) at

http://bookstore.gpo.gov (search for Tax Products DVD)

● NTIS at 1-877-233-6767

or

● GPO at 202-512-1800; select option 2

First release—early January 

Final release—early March 

National Taxpayer Advocate Helpline

1-877-777-4778

Send written request to:

Do not send your tax return or payments to

the address shown here. Instead, see the tax

form instructions.

To get IRS information, forms

and publications in Spanish,

select Español in upper right

corner of www.irs.gov.

Alternately, the Search function at www.irs.gov provides

basic and advance search capabilities for published

products. ● Taxpayer Advocate Service — Helps taxpayers resolve

problems with the IRS

● Free File— Use free tax software to prepare and e-file

your tax return.

● Where’s My Refund— Your refund status anytime from

anywhere

● Free Tax Return Preparation— Free tax assistance and

preparation

● Recent Tax Changes — Highlights on newly-enacted

tax law

● Innocent Spouses — Tax Information for Innocent

Spouses

● Disaster Tax Relief — Tax relief provisions for disaster

situations

● Identity Theft and Your Tax Records — Safeguard your

identity and tax records

● Online Payment Agreement (OPA) Application —

Online agreements

● Applying for Offers in Compromise — Information on

Offers in Compromise

● Interactive Tax Assistant — Provides answers to a

limited number of tax law questions using a probe and

response process