<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>We still get the federal forms and booklets at the Jefferson County Library District. We do not get any Oregon tax forms or booklets, but provide a toll free number and the website address for patrons to order their own items.<br>
</div>We are similar in size to the HR library population. There are many patrons here who do not have computers at home on which to file their tax returns. We get people coming in the first week of January to get tax forms, and they are rather upset when we don't have the forms on demand.<br>
</div>In previous years, the tax season was something looked upon by staff with "dread", because patrons would ask us all kinds of questions. The ubiquitous "Which forms do I need?" is always a jaw-dropper. Fortunately, after years of explaining that "we are not allowed to give tax advice", people stopped asking.<br>
</div>The Post Office has stopped carrying the forms in their lobby as well, since the government is now charging the Post Office for the forms. We are the last gasp in Jefferson County for tax forms!<br><br></div>Jackie<br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Buzzy Nielsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:buzzy@hoodriverlibrary.org" target="_blank">buzzy@hoodriverlibrary.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Verdana">Hi everyone,<br>
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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.<br>
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<li>The extreme lateness of the forms the past few years, making
patrons somewhat annoyed.</li>
<li>The quickly-dwindling number of patrons who actually use the
paper forms.</li>
<li>The fact that our tax forms got delivered to an unknown
alternate address that UPS can't seem to tell us where.</li>
<li>The amount of staff time trying to deal with problems 1-3.<br>
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<p>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.<br>
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<p>Cheers!<br>
Buzzy<br>
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