[Libs-Or] Tax forms

[Bob Jones]

Our post office in Milton-Freewater no longer carries IRS forms, and had a very limited supply of OR forms this year.  Like other libraries we were cut off by the OR Dept. of Revenue several years ago. We ordered fewer IRS forms than in the past, because we always ended up sending a lot to the recyclers.  We received the IRS stuff quite late, and have run out of some items. Kinda late to reorder now.  However, many people want nothing to do with online forms or filing, so there is a definite need for local access to paper forms, and no one else provides that access locally.  I think we owe it to our community to provide what we can.

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From: Libs-Or [libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Buzzy Nielsen [buzzy at hoodriverlibrary.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 4:26 PM
To: Libs-or
Subject: [Libs-Or] Tax forms

Hi everyone,

Have any of you elected to no longer stock tax forms/booklets at your library? A combination of factors is making a few of us start to rethink whether it's worth the staff time to provide this service.

 1.  The extreme lateness of the forms the past few years, making patrons somewhat annoyed.
 2.  The quickly-dwindling number of patrons who actually use the paper forms.
 3.  The fact that our tax forms got delivered to an unknown alternate address that UPS can't seem to tell us where.
 4.  The amount of staff time trying to deal with problems 1-3.

If your library elected not to have forms/booklets, how did your community react? Were there other places where people could get the forms? I'd love to hear your experiences.

Cheers!
Buzzy

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Hood River County Library District
502 State Street
Hood River, Oregon 97031
541-387-7062
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