Tax Forms & Help

Do you qualify for the California Earned Income Tax Credit or Young Child Tax Credit?

If you have low income and work, you may qualify for CalEITC. This credit gives you a refund or reduces your tax owed. If you qualify for CalEITC and have a child under the age of 6, you may also qualify for the Young Child Tax Credit. Find out more here: CalEITC and YCTC.


Online

    • Individual e-file is permitted at the Library with an existing e-mail account. Consult the IRS checklist for e-filing for additional requirements. You need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view & print the forms.

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In Person


    • Library Branches

      Free limited quantities of state booklets (540 Resident, 540 2EZ English, 540 2EZ Spanish, 540 NR Nonresident) and IRS forms and instructions Form 1040, Schedules 1 - 3, and Form 1040-SR (for Seniors). All other IRS products are unavailable. Tax products will be made available as they arrive from the IRS.

      Library staff can direct you to tax help resources but cannot answer tax advice questions.

    • IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center

 

Telephone


    • Federal (IRS)
      1-800-829-1040 (live assistance)
      1-800-829-3676 (order forms)
      Mon-Fri: 7am – 7pm PST
    • State (CA Franchise Tax Board)
      1-800-338-0505 (forms and prerecorded answers)
      Mon-Fri: 7am – 5pm PST (except state holidays)

 


 

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