This section describes the help that the IRS and other federal agencies offer to taxpayers who operate their own businesses.

Internal Revenue Service

The following describes assistance provided by the IRS. You can order free publications and forms, ask tax questions, and get more information from the IRS in several ways. By selecting the method that is best for you, you will have quick and easy access to tax help. See Free tax services, later.

Small Business Tax Education Program. Small business owners and other self-employed individuals can learn about business taxes through a unique partnership between the IRS and local organizations. Through workshops or in-depth tax courses, instructors provide training on starting a business, recordkeeping, preparing business tax returns, self-employment tax issues, and employment taxes.

Some courses are offered free as a community service. Courses given by an educational facility may include costs for materials and tuition. Other courses may have a nominal fee to offset administrative costs of sponsoring organizations.

For more information about this program, call the IRS Monday through Friday during regular business hours and ask for your Taxpayer Education Coordinator. Check your telephone book for the local number of the IRS office closest to you or you can call 1-800- 829-1040.

Your Business Tax Kit. Your Business Tax Kit is an assortment of IRS forms and publications to help taxpayers who operate their own businesses. To order the kit, see Free tax services, later. The kit consists of the following items.

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