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From: Julie Castelluzzo <juliec at cooper.edu>
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Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Re: Patrons Filing Taxes Via Web on Public PCs
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This still sounds like "using a paid preparer" to me. Unless you make less
than $20,000. Even if the preparer is on the web, you're paying somebody a
fee to file it for you. Unfair!

Julie

Julie Castelluzzo          juliec at cooper.edu
Electronic Services Librarian
The Cooper Union Library   www.cooper.edu/facilities/library/library.html

On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Donna Schumann wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Julie Castelluzzo wrote:
> 
> > Unless you plan on installing tax preparation software, I don't think it
> > is possible. As far as I know, an individual cannot file tax forms
> > electronically unless using a paid preparer or a tax software package.
> 
> That's what we thought, however this is not true anymore. On the IRS's web
> page, they have several listings of web sites where you can do your taxes
> without having tax preparation software installed locally. AND on
> Quicken's web page, they let people with incomes less than $20,000 submit
> their taxes on the web at no charge. One of our patrons pointed this out
> to us. Groan.
> 
> > If you do install tax software, it would probably be difficult to clear
> > out all of the entries in between each use.
> 
> No way were we going to do this!! I was so happy when I thought that we
> could avoid the issue by just not installing tax preparation software.
> Those were the good old days...
> 
> 
> > 
> > Julie
> > 
> > Julie Castelluzzo          juliec at cooper.edu
> > Electronic Services Librarian
> > The Cooper Union Library   www.cooper.edu/facilities/library/library.html
> > 
> > On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Donna Schumann wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > We are getting many inquiries from patrons who want to use the library PCs
> > > to file taxes through the web. We are interested in finding out how other
> > > public libraries are handling this. Specifically, what, if anything, do
> > > you tell patrons about the risks of using public PCs for this? We are
> > > concerned about cookies, and even using the "Back" button to see previous
> > > screens with private information. 
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance. 
> > > 
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Donna Schumann                  Application System Specialist 
> > > Timberland Regional Library     360-704-4542 FAX: 360-586-6838 
> > > Olympia, Washington             schumann at timberland.lib.wa.us 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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