Tax Center/Useful Links
Straight from the source.
The official sites — federal first, then state by state. Everything here is free, run by the agency in question, and opens in a new tab so you don't lose your place. We don't control any of them; we just know where they live.
Federal.
Washington's share of the conversation. These four cover most of what anyone actually needs.
- IRS — irs.gov (opens in new tab) The Internal Revenue Service itself. Payments, transcripts, account access, and the rules straight from the people who enforce them.
- Where's My Refund (opens in new tab) The only legitimate answer to the only question anyone asks between February and May. It updates about once a day — checking hourly changes nothing, but we understand.
- IRS Forms & Publications (opens in new tab) Every federal form and instruction booklet, current and prior years, free. If a website wants to charge you for a blank IRS form, leave.
- Social Security — ssa.gov (opens in new tab) Benefits, your earnings record, and your Social Security statement. Worth checking once a year, whether or not retirement feels real yet — errors are easier to fix while the paper trail is warm.
California.
The Golden State files its own paperwork, thank you very much. Two agencies cover most of it.
- Franchise Tax Board — ftb.ca.gov (opens in new tab) California's income tax agency. State returns, payments, refund status, and the notices that deserve prompt attention rather than a kitchen drawer.
- EDD — edd.ca.gov (opens in new tab) The Employment Development Department — California's payroll tax shop. If you have employees in the state, this is where registration, withholding, and the regular filings happen.
Nevada.
Note what's missing from this section: Nevada has no state personal income tax. That's not an oversight — for plenty of our clients, it's the whole point of the move.
- Dept. of Taxation — tax.nv.gov (opens in new tab) No personal income tax doesn't mean no taxes. Sales and use tax, business obligations, and the rest of what Nevada does collect live here.
A word about imitations.
The real agencies are duller than the fakes. That's how you spot them.
Everything official on this page ends in .gov and costs nothing to visit. Most of what imitates it does neither.
The IRS opens conversations with letters — paper ones, in the mail. It does not call to threaten arrest, text you a refund link, or accept payment in gift cards. Neither does Sacramento, and neither does Carson City. Anyone doing those things is running a different kind of business.
If a notice or a phone call smells wrong, don't argue with it and don't pay it. Call us first. We read these things all day, and telling the real ones from the theater takes us about a minute.
Or skip the homework.
The links are here because they're useful. The phone is here because reading a government website at midnight is nobody's idea of a plan. Ten minutes, a straight answer, no charge.
Rather write it down first? The short version is fine — send it through the contact page and we'll call you back.