Tax Preparation Assistance
The New York Public Library has a list of sites around
New York for free tax preparation and assistanace.
New York
State and New
Jersy State tax websites with printable tax forms and instructions.
The IRS
website with many forms and guidelines.
Lawhelp.org
on Taxes is a large, comprehensive legal site with listings of legal
services, factsheets on personal tax issues, help on court processes,
and links to other resources (en
Español).
Credit and Debt Resources
Annual Credit
Report is the only federally certified website for getting you credit
report free. You are allowed one free credit report from each of the
three credit reporting companies per year.
NEDAP's Resources
for Consumers has a number of resources, including information and
forms on dealing with credit reports, debt collection, identity theft,
and Electronic Benefits Transfer (en
Espanol).
Lawhelp.org
also has a section on consumer
issues, including debt collection, credit and identity theft, home
loan problems, and student loans (en
Español).
Financial Education
smartaboutmoney.org is a great site run by the national endowment for financial education. they offer great resources from a wide variety of organizations (usually PDFs of guides) on credit and debt, savings, retirement, investing, and financial planning.
mymoney.gov is the federal government's site on financial education. topics the site covers include Budgeting & Taxes, Credit, Financial Planning, Home Ownership, Fraud & Scams, Retirement Planning, Saving & Investing, and Starting a Small Business
The federal reserve runs an educational website that has links on a number of topics including consumer banking, loans and credit, and consumer protection.
