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Small Business Resource Guide
The Small Business Resource Guide was developed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in an effort to help businesses find the information needed for success. This CD contains IRS tax forms, instructions,
publications and other tax-related products in Adobe's Portable
Document Format (PDF). These tax products can be viewed, printed,
searched and in many cases filled in using the Adobe Acrobat Approval
software provided. For more information about Acrobat see the
Adobe Acrobat Approval paragraph below.
Also included are Taxpayer Information Publications (TIPS) in
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) format. We hope you will find this product useful and would appreciate your comments or suggested improvements:
As a convenience to taxpayers, the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) and Small Business Association (SBA) have
provided links from the CD-ROM to other Web sites offering information
that may be of interest to small business taxpayers. The IRS,
SBA, and the United States Government do not endorse or warrant
these Web sites, the organizations, or their products and services.
The decision to use or not use any of these Web sites or products
and services will not result in any special treatment from the
IRS or SBA. To obtain assistance for the installation or operation of this CD-ROM, please use one of the following to contact the IRS CD-ROM Technical Support Help Desk:
Do Not use the publicized IRS toll-free telephone number for taxpayer assistance. The operators are not trained to answer any questions regarding this CD-ROM. All such inquires will be referred back to the Technical Support Help Desk listed above. In order to make information easier for you to locate on the
"Small Business Resource Guide," we have included a
toolbar with the following topics:
This CD contains current business related tax forms, instructions, and publications, approved before January 21, 2002. Tax products released after the issuance of the CD-ROM can be downloaded from the IRS World Wide Web site, 2002 SBRG Updates page at www.irs.gov/businesses/sbrg_updates. Please note that the IRS Web site is in the process of being restructured. As a result, some links on this CD-ROM may change and may not connect. In the event that this occurs, please go to www.irs.gov and search for the most current revision of all tax products. The tax products on this CD provided in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) file structure are produced from the same PostScript files used to create the original camera copy for printing the bulk quantities for IRS. Forms which are "optically read" (e.g. Form 1096 and the 1099 series), must be screened properly and printed in the correct color, in order to match the "official" IRS printed product. Procedures contained in IRS Publication 1167 (Catalog #47013F), Substitute Printed, Computer-Prepared and Computer-Generated Tax Forms and Schedules, apply to the reproduction of IRS forms. In addition to the PDF files, the Taxpayer Information Publications (TIPS) are also provided in HyperText Markup Language (HTML). If the printed version of the publication has an index, it will not be included in the electronic version. The printed copies, which you can order by calling (800) 829-3676, will have complete indexes. The TIPS items are in an HTML viewable format using a standard Internet browser. The 2002 CD again provides the fill in and save forms feature. A feature of Adobe Acrobat that enables the CD-ROM user to enter data on a tax form and print the form with the data on it. You cannot file these fill in forms electronically. PDF files enable you to view, search text, navigate, fill in and print pages of information in the same format that you are accustomed to seeing on paper products. Paper copies of IRS products that are not contained on this disc may be ordered through one of the IRS' Area Distribution Centers by calling (800) 829-3676. IRS electronic information can be accessed via the Internet. There are over 900 current tax forms with instructions and over 100 publications available for downloading. Many tax research tools are available including tax regulations, tax topics, frequently asked questions, statistical studies, important changes, newsletters and much more. There is also information on a variety of programs like Electronic Filing, TeleFile, 1040-PC, and others.
Adobe Acrobat Approval 5.05 (PDF Files) A fully functional version of Acrobat Approval 5.05 is included on the SBRG CD-ROM. To install, navigate to the "Acrobat" folder on the SBRG CD and double-click "Setup". You should close all applications, including the SBRG, before installing Acrobat. (The IRS has paid a licensing fee for this software and it may NOT be copied or used on more than one workstation.) Adobe Acrobat Approval and full-versions of Acrobat enable you to Fill-in, Print, Search, and save PDF documents. While viewing PDFs in your browser, you may only search for text in the pdf you are viewing. To search all of the pdfs on the SBRG simultaneously (Index Search), follow the instructions below. Troubleshooting: See ReadMe
Performing an Index Search: Open the file named "indexsearch.pdf" directly from
the CD-ROM. Click the "binocular with paper" icon on
the Acrobat toolbar. For complete instructions, view the Acrobat
Help Guide for information on how to use the Index Search.
Entering Information To view and search the PDF files on this CD, PDF navigation files
with cross-document links and indexes were created using Adobe
Acrobat and Acrobat Catalog software. The CD-ROM provides full
text search capabilities for all the PDF files. Tax Forms and Document Accessibility Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files are considered accessible for persons using screen-reading devices and refreshable Braille displays. In addition to HTML files there are Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) tax forms and documents. The IRS uses PDF as a means of distributing these government forms and documents. Tax products in PDF format are electronic images of the IRS printed products and these files generally do not lend themselves well to non-graphical representation. Persons using screen-reading devices generally cannot directly read the PDF documents on this CD-ROM. However, Adobe Systems, Inc. provides a free translation service through their "Access" web page. To make IRS products more accessible, the IRS Alternative Media Center is preparing the most popular tax forms, instructions, and tax publications using full text descriptions. These files will be available for download through the IRS Digital Daily web site. These files will be prepared in ASCII text format, HTML, enhanced PDF, and/or transcribed for Braille. For updated information please view the IRS web site.
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