A new year.

Now that 2011 is here its time to think about doing our taxes for last year.  Right?  I know who really wants to think about that.  But I thought some of you might need to see this information sent out by the IRS recently.

With the continued growth in electronic filing and to help reduce costs, the IRS will no longer mail paper tax packages that typically arrive in January of each year. If you still wish to use a paper form, the IRS has several options available to help you obtain paper copies of individual forms and instructions, including:


● Accessing our forms and instructions online at IRS.gov. You can quickly download the latest products from our site.

● Dropping by your local IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center.

● Going to your local post office or library

Now our library has not received paper copies for several years.  We do recommend that you can go to IRS.gov to download all the forms you need.  There are also many ways to do your Federal taxes online and to file them for free.  www.taxact.org, www.turbotax.com are just two sites that will help you do taxes and file your federal form for free.  Now state forms usually come into the library in late January.  You can stop by then to pick up a booklet if you need one.  State forms can also be filled out online at http://www.michigan.gov/taxes/0,1607,7-238--248539--,00.html You can fill the form in online and then print it out.  If you are low income then you may be eligible to file for free.  There is information on www.michigan.gov/taxes about free filing.

Hope this helps you all out.  Happy filing.