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California Franchise Tax Board
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/
The official Web site of the California Franchise Tax Board provides information on how tax dollars are spent and gives answers to the most frequently asked tax questions received by the FTB each year. It features announcements of seminars for tax practitioners, tells how to file taxes electronically from home, and allows user to email the FTB’s executive officer. The site also has links to the Internal Revenue Service, the California state home page, the Board of Equalization, and other state Web pages.

Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
http://www.taxsites.com/
This directory is a “comprehensive index of Internet resources...designed to be a starting point for people."  Click on Federal Law to find Tax Code information; Court decisions; and regulation.  There are also IRS sites; state and local and international tax information; and tax guide and tips.

Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/
This site is maintained by the IRS.  Subjects include: Careers; Freedom of Information Act; The Newsroom, etc.  This site is also available in Spanish.  Current IRS forms and those dating back to 1991 are also accessible on this site.

Tax Planning - AICPA
http://www.360financialliteracy.org/Financial+Topics/Tax+Planning/
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants maintains this site.  FAQs and articles on many aspects of tax planning, including withholding, retirement, real estate, investing.

Tax Policy Center
http://taxpolicycenter.org/home/
The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution.  The Center is comprised of nationally recognized experts in tax, budget, and social policy who have served at the highest levels of government .  Rich site with history and timeline of tax legislation in the U.S.  Commentary and analysis on current tax legislation.

Taxes - Federal Income Tax Tips, News & Reviews
http://taxes.about.com/
Comprehensive site on tax planning.  Compete coverage of most tax planning questions and current news stories about taxation.  Includes links for blogs and also a message forum where questions can be asked.  Links for many tax forms and publications.

Yahoo Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes
Yahoo has a very good site that includes tax tools and resources such as a tax estimator, tax calculators, tax forms, and an online tax filing site. This site is very easy to use. 

Filing Taxes     top

California Tax Board--Forms and Publications
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/index.html
This site has the California tax forms and a line to click to e-file.  There is a place to click and get forms back to 1985.

Internal Revenue Service--Forms and Publications
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
This IRS site has tax forms to download.  It also contains forms back to 1990.  Under "resources" in the left column is a link to click that leads to site for e-filing.