SEC. 20. FEDERAL TAX FORMS ON

CD–ROM

.01 The IRS also offers access to current and prior year tax forms and instructions through its Federal Tax Forms CD–ROM. The CD will be issued in two cumulative releases for the 1996 tax year. .02 The CD will contain over 600 current year tax forms, instructions, and Taxpayer Information Publications (TIPs). Also included are prior year forms and instructions from 1991 and TIPs from 1994. All necessary software to view the files must be installed from the CD–ROM. Software for Microsoft Windows 3.x and Macintosh System 7.5 and later is included on the disk. The software will also run under Windows 95. .03 All products are presented in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF). A copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader is on the CD. In addition, the TIPs will be provided in the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).

.04 For system requirements and to order the 1996 Federal Tax Forms CD– ROM (stock number 648–096–00004– 6), contact the Government Printing Office’s (GPO) Superintendent of Documents:

1 by telephone - (202) 512–1800; select option 1;

2 by fax - (202) 512–2250; 3 through GPO’s Federal Bulletin Board - (202) 512–1387; after signon type ‘‘/go irs’’;

4 through GPO’s World Wide Web site at http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs;

5 by mail using the order form contained in IRS Publication 1045 (Information for Tax Practitioners); or

6 by mail to Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954. .05 The cost of the CD is $25 and it will be released in February 1997. Please reference stock number 648–096– 00004–6. Those who order before December 2, 1996 will also receive the Janaury early release CD containing tax products issued to that point.