Small Business Tools

Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System Employers.gov is designed to assist employers with tax and wage reporting. This guide provides general payroll and tax forms. In addition it provides links to Illinois Department of Revenue, home page as well as their division of unemployment home pages. These sites will provide access to state forms and instructions.

Business Statistics Find useful business statistics - compare your business to others in your industry - from service industries to construction industries to retailing and distribution.

Will Yancey’s Home Page will provide you with access to a multitude of accounting related sites including tax, accounting, law, finance, and related web sites.

The Electronic Accountant Free access to news and critical accounting industry information. Includes: Newswire, weblinks and commentary, discussion groups, feature articles and accounting/tax software exhibit halls.

Business Owners Toolkit Here you'll find ready-to-use business tools to help you get the job done faster and easier.

Do you have a legal question and want to do some research on your own? These three sites can aid you in your search. At BusinessLaw there are sample documents and plain English guides. At LawDog you can find laws per each state, credit reporting information and learn about the various chapters of bankruptcy. At FindLaw there are informative explanations on various topics written by legal professionals.

You can read court cases at two sites when you want to learn more about the judicial system for tax disputes. Many federal court opinions can be found at ustaxcourt.gov and at uscourts.gov

Tax Planning

IRS Tax Publications Your Rights As a Taxpayer, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax, Scholarships and Fellowships are just a sampling of the Tax Publications available from the IRS.

Exempt Organization Search Publication 78 tax exempt Organizations.

Applicable Federal Rates Check the latest Applicable Federal Rates

Important Phone Numbers you should know!

Refunds:
Federal - 1-800-829-1954
State, IL.- 1-800-732-8836

Problem Resolutions:

Federal - 1-800-829-1040
IL. Springfield - 217-785-7313
State, IL. - 312-817-2627

Personal Assistance:

Federal - 1-800-829-1040
State, IL - 1-800-732-8866

Financial/Estate Planning

AnnualCreditReport.com Now that identity theft has become a concern you can find out what activity has been reported under your social security number. In the state of Illinois you are now entitled to receive one free credit file disclosure report every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies. Your credit score must be purchased from one of the reporting companies or can be purchased at this site - www.annualcreditreport.com.

Financial Calculators Good financial calculators for most financial problems. The calculators will give you the templates for calculating loan payments, lease vs. buy decisions, retirement calculations, and many other calculators you may find interesting.

Quicken Personal Financial Resource Manager.

fastWEB Financial Aid Search Through the Web is a tailored scholarship search of over 275,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, and grants, available to students absolutely free.

FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page, also known as the FinAid Page, is the most comprehensive free resource for objective and unbiased information about student financial aid on the World Wide Web.

College Savings Plans Network Learn all about "529 plans" - what they are, their tax benefits, various state products and comparisons, and their qualifications and restrictions.

SmartMoney has daily stock and mutual fund recommendations, hourly market updates, personal finance investing research tools and advice, and up-to-the-minute stock and mutual fund quotes and charts.

VectorVest The key to intelligent investing lies in knowing what your stocks are really worth, how safe they are and when to buy, sell or hold. VectorVest advocates buying safe, undervalued stocks rising in price.

FundAlarm a free, non-commercial Website. Providing objective information to help individual investors make the mutual fund "sell" decision.