ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME

A person's entire income reduced by adjustments including a deduction for an IRA (Individual Retirement Account), medical savings accounts, and alimony paid to an ex-spouse. Note to the wise: Saving money now in an IRA for your retirement (yes, even though it seems like a million years away) could be one of your smartest moves yet.

Useful Tax Links

ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX: Alternative Minimum Tax - text of the U.S. Government code establishing the AMT.

CAPITAL GAINS: Tax Topic 409, Capital Gains and Losses - IRS

CHILDREN TAXPAYERS: Publication 929, Tax Rules for Children and Dependents; Tax for Children Under Age 14 Who Have Investment Income of More Than $1,400

INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURN: 3.22.3 Individual Income Tax Returns

ESTATE TAXES: Estate/Wealth/Gift Statistics -IRS and Publication 559, Survivors, Executors, and Administrators; Income Tax Return of an Estate-- Form 1041 and Publication 559, Survivors, Executors, and Administrators; Other Tax Information

FAIR TAX: IRS Tax Interactive - what is a fair tax

GIFT TAX: U.S. Estate and Gift Tax Law

PAYROLL TAXES: [4.4.2] 5.6 Payroll Taxes

SOCIAL SECURITY: Social Security History Home Page - This is the history web site of the social security administration with information on the history of Social Security and the Social Security Administration.

TAX FORMS: ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH IRS LOCAL OFFICES, INTERNET, MAIL, COMPUTER, OR TELEFAX.

• Internet: Browse and retrieve most Federal forms and publications from the IRS here.. These tax materials are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Office: You may pick up forms or publications and even meet with IRS assistors for answers to your tax questions at your nearest IRS office - Where to File - IRS Offices. You can also call 1-800-829-1040 for recorded explanations that may answer your questions.
• Phone: IRS forms line -- 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676) -- is open from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. You should know what forms you want by number, and the name or number of the publication. Taxpayers should allow up to 15 working days for telephone orders to be processed.
• Telefax: available 24 hours a day, seven days a week 703-368-9694 -- offers 144 forms with instructions by return fax. You can request that the system fax a list of available items or you can find the order numbers in the various tax instruction booklets.

TAX HISTORY: Tax History Project at Tax Analysts - providing scholars, policy makers, and the media with information on the history of American taxation and Tax World - explanations of tax policy, history, courses, glossaries downloadable forms and a great menu of links to other important sites.

W-2 FORM: 21.3.6.4.7.1 Form W-2 Information

W-4 FORM: Part 3 Revenue, Returns, and Accounts Processing Chap. 29 ISRP System Sec. 92 SC Processing of Form W-4 Employees' Withholding Allowance Certificate