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Calculators and Conversion Tables

Amortization calculator—Also a mortgage calculator that lets you keep recalculating based on a higher down-payment or added amounts to monthly payments.

Bonus calculator—aggregate method. Uses regular federal withholding rates. Use if your state allows the aggregate method. Free registration required.

Bonus calculator—percent method. Uses supplemental withholding rates. Use if your state does not have a supplemental withholding rate and permits the percent method. Free registration required.

Calendar calculator—generate a calendar for any month.

Car lease payment calculator—lays out the future costs of an auto lease.

CD calculator—shows payout at maturity based on initial deposit, interest, term and period of compounding (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.).

Currency converter—converts any currency into any other.

Currency converter—converts any currency into any other.

Financial Calculators—Any financial calculator you need.

Gross-up calculator—when you want an employee's bonus to include payment of the taxes the employee would have had to pay on the bonus. Free registration required.

Loan calculator—calculates loan payment amounts; savings and annuity amounts and future value.

Mathematical functions—from basic to PhD level.

Measurement converter—converts any measure to any other.

Monthly compounding calculator—takes an amount and compounds it monthly over a fixed period at a fixed annual yield. Allows added monthly contributions.

Monthly mortgage payment table calculator—generates a table of monthly payments.

Number of days calculator—calculate the number of days between any two dates.

Roth IRA—conversion calculator.

Time zones—zone-by-zone times worldwide.

Tip tax calculator—if your employees receive tips. Free registration required.


Client help (help for small firms)

Business expenses—how to reduce expenses; a checklist.

Business records retention—to see how long to keep different kinds of business records.

Business scams—current ones, how to guard against.

Business start-ups—selecting the right entity (sole proprietorship, S corp, LLC, etc.).

Business structure—comparisons (sole proprietorship v. S corp v. LLC, etc.).

Credit and Collections—the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, section by section.

Domain names—find out what names are available before you try to register a name.

Fax worldwide via e-mail—free trial on faxing from any place in the world to any place in the world.

Home-business scams—current ones, how to guard against.

Taxpayer Advocate Service.

Trade magazines by industry—free.

Wages—by geographical area and occupation.


Dictionaries and Glossaries

Abbreviations—used in business

Abbreviations—used on the Internet (in e-mail, chatrooms, etc.)

Accounting terms—dictionary.

Area codes—quickly find  the area code for a geographical location—or find the geographical location of the area code that you are dialing.

Banking terms—for paper, EFT, AMT and other transactions.

Business tax, financial, and real-estate terms—a glossary.

Nonprofit organization (NPO) accounting terms—a glossary

SIC codes—get the SIC number for any industry or specialty.

Synonyms—a thesaurus.

Words, phrases, translations—a dictionary


IRS Current Forms and Publications

1099 A and C Instructions (2009)

2009 W-2 and W-3 Instructions (does not include forms).

Employer-provided benefits—how to tax, Publication 15-B Fringe Benefits.

I-9—pdf of Employment Eligibility Verification.

Internal Revenue Manual.

IRS forms (8109-B etc.) by mail—instead of pdfs or online.

Market Segment Specialization Program Audits—obtain a copy of the IRS Examiner Training Manuals for your industry or profession.

Standard Mileage Rates for 2009

Tax withholding and estimated taxes—Publication 505.

Withholding tables—Publication 15-T.


IRS Prior-Year Forms and Publications

2000 forms and publications—hard-to-find forms.

2001 forms and publications—hard-to-find forms.

2002 forms and publications.—hard-to-find forms

2003 forms and publications—hard-to-find forms

2004 forms and publications—hard-to-find forms

2005 forms and publications—hard-to-find forms

2006 forms and publications—hard-to-find forms

2007 forms and publications—hard-to-find forms


IRS—by Industry or Profession

Agriculture—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Automotive—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Bartering Tax Center—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Construction—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Entertainment—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Gas Retailers—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Manufacturing—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Money Services Business (MSB) Information Center—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Real Estate—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Restaurants—IRS rules, regulations and resources

Tax professionals—IRS rules, regulations and resources


Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs)

Databases—how to choose the right one for your NPO; what to look for in a database.

Form 990—how to read it and what it means.

Governmental Accounting Standards Board—for government entities.

GuideStar—all kinds of information for NPOs. Free registration may be required.

NPO links—useful links for NPOs (be sure to scroll down).

Other revenue (UBIT)— rules, regs and reporting.

Reporting regulations—for the states.

Reporting regulations—IRS rules and regs.

Revenue from exempt-purpose activities—rules, regs and reporting.

Revenue from public support— rules, regs and reporting.


Practice Resources

Discounts rate—and secondary rates and seasonal rates for all months and years from the Federal Reserve Bank

Independent contractor vs. employee?

IRS interest rates for under-/overpayments—updated monthly.

Tax due dates—federal, state dates for corporations, fiduciaries, individual, partnerships, payroll tax returns, and sales tax returns.

Zip code + 4—USPS look-up.

Zip codes—all cities within a zip code.

Zip codes—all zip codes for a town or city.

Zip codes—USPS look-up.


State by state

State departments of labor—state-by-state labor offices, commissioners, directors, and secretaries.

State by state revenue departments—state by state.

State tax forms—state by state.

State tax withholding tables and publications—state by state.

State-by-state taxes—Each state’s income tax, sales tax, etc.