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Any opinions, commentary or annotations on this site represent the personal opinion of the site's author and not the IRS.   Any hypothetical tax scenarios discussed on this site are illustrative discussions for the purpose of preliminary volunteer training, and not tax advice.  The tax code is so complex that a completely accurate answer about your particular situation requires a complete consultation with a comprehensive intake interview and quality review process.  If your tax situation falls within the scope of our site's IRS VITA certification, you are welcome to make an appointment for FREE comprehensive tax help at our VITA site after we open in the third week of January, where we will conduct a full interview and intake and quality review process to take into account all relevant circumstances of your particular tax situation..

Guide to the Pub 4012 Volunteer Resource Guide

The PDF files below contain my on-line virtual "Guide to the Guide."  The files below are PDF's showing the pages contained in each of the white tabs of your spiral-bound Volunteer Resource Guide, along with my own annotations highlighting some important points of tax law.


I've highlighted particularly helpful information in yellow in each PDF file below.  Also,
you can see my sticky note annotations highlighting some potentially confusing issues in tax law  You can read my sticky notes if you hover your mouse over red arrows I've inserted in the PDFs below.   If you find my annotated explanations helpful, you can copy them into your own hardcopy of the Pub 4012 Volunteer Resource Guide.

Whenever you see a
"Bed Buffalo" icon in one of the PDF files below, it means that the sticky note you can read by hovering at the nearest red arrow explains an especially tricky point of tax law that can cause serious errors.    Feel free to post your comments and questions at the bottom of this page.
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New version! New bed buffalo added on EIC page!  7394k v. 1 Jan 6, 2010 11:51 AM Mary O'Keeffe
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Pub 4012 Annotated and highlighted version.  7423k v. 3 Nov 9, 2009 1:55 PM Mary O'Keeffe
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Pub 4491 annotated and highlighted version  8422k v. 1 Nov 9, 2009 1:58 PM Mary O'Keeffe