As your Guide to Job Searching: Technical, I would be remiss if I didn't offer you this recurring feature about job-related US taxes, credits and deductions in the month you receive your W-2 forms.

Even the IRS is online and calls its site The Digital Daily. It includes lots of job-related tax topics, to which the sidebar on your right links. Each link opens a smaller browser window, so this one will remain open in the background for your convenience.

If you're an independent contractor (IC), you're in a different ball game than typical employees. Some of the links are relevant for ICs too, but you may want to start with Topic 407, Business Income.

Independent contractor or employee, you might need forms and information about taxes, credits and deductions that are not necessarily related to your job or business. No problem. The Digital Daily is easy to browse and search, and you can easily navigate to most of everything you need to complete your taxes. Among other things, The Digital Daily offers:

• Forms for downloading
• Publications online and for downloading
• Instructions neatly organized by tax topic
• Information for filing electronically

It's all free from the IRS. Nice to know our tax dollars are going for something useful!

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