COOL LINKS

Hand-picked pointers around the Web.

The Internet is a vast and exciting frontier — even after all these years. Below are pointers we have found especially useful in our practice. As always, please send a note to webmaster@jahncpa.com if you find a broken link or have a site to suggest.

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS.gov) — forms, publications, and your account transcript.
• IRS Direct Pay — the free way to pay estimated taxes and balances due.
• EFTPS — the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (great for businesses).
• Nebraska Department of Revenue — state tax forms and filings.
• Iowa Department of Revenue — Iowa state tax.
• Social Security Administration — earnings record and benefits.
• Tax Foundation — independent research on tax policy.

• A.I.C.P.A. — American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
• Nebraska Society of C.P.A.s
• Iowa Society of C.P.A.s
• National Association of Enrolled Agents

• U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
• SCORE — free mentoring from retired executives.
• QuickBooks Online — our preferred bookkeeping tool.
• Gusto Payroll — the payroll service we recommend most often.
• Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

Several search engines remain useful for finding information on the rapidly expanding World Wide Web. Try them all — each works a bit differently!

• Google — still the giant.
• DuckDuckGo — for the privacy-minded.
• Bing — Microsoft's offering.
• Kagi — for those willing to pay for fewer ads.
• The Internet Archive — the memory of the Web.

• archive.org — rebuild your nostalgia, one site at a time.
• Project Gutenberg — free books, the originals.
• NPR — news and "Planet Money," still relevant.
• Hacker News — for the curious technologist.