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This filing season, say goodbye to stress and hello to a collection of useful online tools that can help you, your family and friends file and pay taxes timely.
Filing and paying your taxes should be as convenient as possible. That’s why the IRS offers
Online Tools to guide you through the process — from answering your tax law questions to checking the status of your refund. Here are just a few of the tools available to you:
• Try the free IRS’ Smartphone application, IRS2Go . As a taxpayer it can help you get the information you need: whenever you need it; wherever you are.
• Find out if you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit.
• If you have tax law questions, use the Interactive Tax Assistant to help find answers.
• Use the Sales Tax Deduction Calculator to figure the optional amount you can itemize on Schedule A, Form 1040.
• Use the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) Assistant to determine whether you may be subject to AMT.
• The First Time Homebuyer Credit Account Look-up Tool will help you determine if you need to pay back any of the credit, and, if so, how much.
• Order a transcript online.
• Get your Electronic Filing PIN, a one-time code used to verify your identity.
• Find out the status of your refund.
• If you are an employee, the Withholding Calculator can help you avoid having too much or too little federal income tax withheld from your pay.
• If you can't pay your taxes in full and on time, find out if you qualify for an Online Payment Agreement.
• Use Interactive Tax Assistant, a tax law resource that takes you through a series of questions and provides you with responses to tax law questions.
Don’t sweat the filing season. Help is just a click away!