Tax Help Services and tax help that Allied Tax Planners provides: TAX PREPARATION Why should Allied Tax Planners do your taxes? 1. We use checklists and procedures to ensure accuracy on your returns, and we guarantee our work. 2. We have broad experience in individual, family, corporate, fiduciary, tax-exempt organizations, and more. We do it all! Our tax practitioners are licensed and current on tax law changes. 3. We know what the IRS are looking for, and can help you decrease your chances of an audit, even when filing aggressively. 4. We are working year-round, so you can reach us for mid-year questions, planning for next year, problems with the IRS, etc. Go to our tax preparation page to learn more about our tax preparation service. TAX PLANNING Are you paying lots of taxes? Do you wonder if you should be paying less? Tax planning is all about lowering your taxes, by changing or rearranging your finances. Its free money, and its completely legal. Have you been thinking about buying a house but wonder what the tax advantage would be in real numbers? Have you thought about incorporating your business but you haven't because you're not sure how much it will really benefit you? We can run the numbers and give you a solid tax projection. If you are a high-wage employee (>$150,000 in earned income), you've probably figured out that most deductions and credits are phased-out for you. There are tax strategies for you, too! Go to our tax planning page to learn more. IRS LETTERS AND AUDITS If you're not sure what to do about a letter you received from the IRS, or need audit representation, click here to go to the IRS Audits page and find out more about how we can help you. TAX FORMS If you are doing your own return, for additional tax help you can link to all federal and state tax forms here. For Federal tax forms, the best place to go to for up-to-date forms is the IRS website. Click here to find their Forms and Publications page, where you can search for forms, instructions, and publications by form number, publication number, a topical index, previous year forms, and more. Form 1040 is the standard income tax form for individuals and families. Form 1040A is the "short form" for individuals and families, and covers the most common income types, deductions and credits. Form 1040EZ is an even simpler short form that you can use only if your return is extremely simple; read the instructions to make sure you qualify (the list is too long to include here). Form 1120 is the tax form for C-Corporations, and Form 1120S is the tax form for S-Corporations. All corporations are started as C Corps; you have to file an S-Corp election in order to get S-Corp tax treatment. Form 1065 is the tax form for partnerships. Form 1041 is the tax form for fiduciary returns, such as trusts and estates. Pub. 17 is the reference publication for preparing individual tax returns. For everything else, there is a search box on the page in the upper right corner of the page. For State tax forms, click here.