[Michlib-l] IRS Tax Forms

[Mary Vergowven]

Hi Dillon

Those forms are considered machine readable and many are multi-part, so they cannot be printed on a copy machine. They are printed in red ink.
The 1096 is the cover sheet that is sent along with any 1097, 1098 or 1099s that are filed.

It's the same with the W2 and W3 forms, multi-part and machine readable.
The forms can be ordered on the IRS website - our library orders some of them to have on hand for patrons. They are also sold at Staples.
I hope this answers your question :-)

Mary Vergowven
Reference Librarian
Ellis Library and Reference Center
Monroe County Library System
3700 South Custer, Monroe, MI 48161
(734) 241-5277
mary.vergowven at monroe.lib.mi.us<mailto:mary.vergowven at monroe.lib.mi.us>
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From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] on behalf of Dillon Geshel [dgeshel at pldl.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:41 PM
To: Michlib-l at mcls.org
Subject: [Michlib-l] IRS Tax Forms

Hello Michigan Library Hive Mind!

I've got a question about printing tax forms for our library patrons. Even though we don't receive any federal forms for our patrons, we have printed them off from the IRS website in the past. Today, when a patron requested form 1096, I found the PDF on the IRS website, but it includes a warning that the form cannot be printed and scanned. Instead, it asks the user to order the form.

Does anyone know why this would be? Is this only the case with certain forms?

Thank you,

Dillon

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Dillon Geshel
Library Director
Portage Lake District Library
58 Huron Street, Houghton MI
(906)-482-4570
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