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- Officially speaking: Uncle Sam
- Doing business in Texas
- Close to home: Houston-area links
- Play the CPA: online tax research
- Let's protest local property taxes
- Serious business: starting your small business smart
- Realty buzz: learning Real Estate business
- From sea to shining sea: State tax authorities
Official Federal government sites
| Site name | URL |
|---|---|
| IRS - Home page (feel at "home" here?) | www.irs.gov |
| IRS - Forms & Publications | www.irs.gov/formspubs |
| IRS - Actual law: Code and Regulations | www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=98137,00.html |
| IRS - News | www.irs.gov/newsroom |
| IRS - Small Businesses | www.irs.gov/businesses/small |
| IRS - Local offices in Texas | www.irs.gov/localcontacts/article/0,,id=98337,00.html |
| The White House | www.whitehouse.gov |
| Social Security Administration | www.ssa.gov |
| Business link to U.S. Government | www.business.gov |
| Small Business Administration | www.sba.gov |
| Government Printing Office | www.gpoaccess.gov |
| Homeland Security and Immigration | www.dhs.gov |
| Department of State | www.state.gov |
| Applicable Federal Rates for lending | http://evans-legal.com/dan/afr.html |
| The Library of Congress - Thomas Law Center | thomas.loc.gov |
Texas - Official and Unofficial
| Site name | URL |
|---|---|
| Business registration: Texas Secretary of State | www.sos.state.tx.us/corp |
| Welcome to Texas: Governor business assistance | www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/ecodev/sba |
| State taxes: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | window.state.tx.us/taxes |
| NEW for 2008: Texas Franchise/Margin tax | window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/franchise |
| Texas Franchise/Margin tax - Frequently Asked Questions | window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/franchise/faq_questions.html |
| Texas Sales and Use tax | window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/sales |
| Texas Workforce Commission (incl. unemployment taxes) | www.twc.state.tx.us |
| Texas Local Property taxes | www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax |
| Texas counties appraisal districts | www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/apprdir06 |
| Is your Texas business in good standing? | ecpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/Index.html |
Houston links for Real Estate investors
| Site name | URL |
|---|---|
| Directory of Best RE Vendors in Houston | www.MichaelPlaks.com |
| Realty Investment Club of Houston - "the RICH club" | www.richclub.org |
| Talk to peers: Houston Investor Forum | www.houstoninvestorforum.com |
| Linda Purcell-Muscarello's Yahoo group | finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/lindas_realty_investments_group |
| Cheap classes on Real Estate investing and more | www.llu.com |
| Michael Plaks - classes on taxes for RE investors | www.MichaelPlaks.com/tools_and_resources/classes.shtml |
Tax research: find answers online
| Site name | URL |
|---|---|
| Essential Links - a portal to anything tax-related | www.el.com/elinks/taxes |
| CPA Net - another tax portal | www.cpanet.com/tax |
| Small Business Taxes and Management | www.smbiz.com |
| 1040.com - Federal and state tax form as far back as 1990! | www.1040.com |
| National Association of Tax Practitioners | www.natptax.com/tax_information.html |
| The US Federal Tax Code - J.Walker | www.fourmilab.ch/ustax/ustax.html |
| The US Federal Tax Code - Cornell | www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26 |
| Salvation Army - guide to donation values | www.satruck.com/ValueGuide.asp |
| Goodwill - guide to donation values | www.goodwillpromo.org |
| H&R Block - tax estimates calculators | hrblock.com/taxes/tax_calculators/index.html |
| Review of IRS activities - Syracuse University | trac.syr.edu/tracirs/ |
Local property taxes - assessment and protesting
| Site name | URL |
|---|---|
| Appraisal districts for Texas counties | www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/apprdir06 |
| Introduction to the protest process, by HCAD | www.hcad.org/pdf/GTA-IAD-001.pdf |
| Introduction to the protest process, by HCTO | www.hctax.net/propertytax/protest.asp |
| Texas Property Taxpayers' Remedies guide | www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/96-528-07.pdf |
| Tips and F.A.Q.s on successful protesting | www.poconnor.com/property_tax_overview.asp |
| Manual for the Appraisal Review Boards | www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/arb07/96-308.pdf |
| Texas all-counties protest form | www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxforms/50-132.pdf |
| Personal business property renditions - Harris county | www.hcad.org/forms/default.asp?form=8 |
Online resources for small business owners
| Site name | URL |
|---|---|
| US Small Business Administration (SBA) | www.sba.gov |
| CCH Business Owner's Toolkit | www.toolkit.cch.com |
| Small Business Development Center portal | www.sbdcnet.org |
| Houston Small Business Development Center | www.sbdc.uh.edu |
| Texas Roadmap to Starting a Business | sbdcnetwork.uh.edu/sbdc-tx%20rd.pdf |
| SBA guide to writing a business plan | www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan |
| Sample business plans, including RE-specific | www.bplans.com/samples |
The real information on Real Estate business
| Site name | URL |
|---|---|
| REI Club - "guru" articles | www.reiclub.com/real-estate-articles.php |
| Bill Bronchick - RE attorney and investor | www.LegalWiz.com |
| Rentometer.com - compare your rent to market | www.rentometer.com |
| Texas Real Estate Commission forms | www.trec.state.tx.us/formslawscontracts/forms/forms-contracts.asp |
| Archie Salch's mortgage calculators | www.salch.com/calculators.php |
| Yahoo mortgage amortization calculator | realestate.yahoo.com/calculators/amortization.html |
State tax authorities
| Department | URL |
|---|---|
| Alabama Department of Revenue | www.revenue.alabama.gov |
| Alaska Department of Revenue | www.revenue.state.ak.us |
| Arizona Department of Revenue | www.revenue.state.az.us |
| Arkansas Department of Revenue | www.arkansas.gov/dfa |
| California Franchise Tax Board | www.ftb.ca.gov |
| Colorado Department of Revenue | www.revenue.state.co.us |
| Connecticut Department of Revenue Services | www.ct.gov/drs |
| Delaware Division of Revenue | www.state.de.us/revenue |
| D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue | www.cfo.dc.gov/otr |
| Florida Department of Revenue | www.myflorida.com/dor |
| Georgia Department of Revenue | www.dor.ga.gov |
| Hawaii Department of Taxation | www.hawaii.gov/tax |
| Idaho State Tax Commission | www.tax.idaho.gov |
| Illinois Department of Revenue | www.iltax.com |
| Indiana Department of Revenue | www.in.gov/dor |
| Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance | www.state.ia.us/tax |
| Kansas Department of Revenue | www.ksrevenue.org |
| Kentucky Department of Revenue | www.revenue.ky.gov |
| Louisiana Department of Revenue | www.revenue.louisiana.gov |
| Maine Revenue Services | www.maine.gov/revenue |
| Maryland Comptroller of Maryland | www.marylandtaxes.com |
| Massachusetts Department of Revenue | www.dor.state.ma.us |
| MichiganDepartment of Treasury | www.michigan.gov/treasury |
| Minnesota Department of Revenue | www.taxes.state.mn.us |
| Mississippi State Tax Commission | www.mstc.state.ms.us |
| Missouri Department of Revenue | www.dor.mo.gov |
| Montana Department of Revenue | www.mt.gov/revenue |
| Nebraska Department of Revenue | www.revenue.state.ne.us |
| Nevada Department of Taxation | www.tax.state.nv.us |
| New Hampshire Department of Revenue | www.revenue.nh.gov |
| New Jersey Division of Taxation | www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation |
| New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department | www.state.nm.us/tax |
| New York State Tax Department | www.nystax.gov |
| North Carolina Department of Revenue | www.dor.state.nc.us |
| North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner | www.nd.gov/tax |
| Ohio Department of Taxation | www.tax.ohio.gov |
| Oklahoma Tax Commission | www.oktax.state.ok.us |
| Oregon Department of Revenue | www.oregon.gov/dor |
| Pennsylvania Department of Revenue | www.revenue.state.pa.us |
| Rhode Island Division of Taxation | www.tax.ri.gov |
| South Carolina Department of Revenue | www.sctax.org |
| South Dakota Department of Revenue | www.state.sd.us/drr2/revenue.html |
| Tennessee Department of Revenue | www.state.tn.us/revenue |
| Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | window.state.tx.us/taxes |
| Utah State Tax Commission | www.tax.utah.gov |
| Vermont Department of Taxes | www.state.vt.us/tax |
| Virginia Department of Taxation | www.tax.virginia.gov |
| Washington Department of Revenue | www.dor.wa.gov |
| West Virginia Department of Tax & Revenue | www.wvrevenue.gov |
| Wisconsin Department of Revenue | www.dor.state.wi.us |
| Wyoming Department of Revenue | revenue.state.wy.us |