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This is a hard question to answer. I think it really depends on the make up of each community. I believe it would be a plus for us. We have not had paper forms for probably six years now. Mailing to those who look for the paper forms would work well here. But I can see your point Marquette. So I don't think there is an answer that would work for everyone.<font size="2">
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<br />Carol DeBoer
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Circulation Supervisor
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Henika District Library
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149 S. Main
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Wayland, MI 49348
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269-792-2891
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waycd@henikalibrary.org
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From: Bruce MacDonald <bmacdona@gmail.com>
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To: Michlib-L <michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org>
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Sent: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:41:46 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] IRS Tax Forms @ Libraries - As The World Turns
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<br />> Thought I would take this opportunity to share an interesting exchange
we had with the local office of Representative Benishek a couple weeks
back. They wanted to do a PR appearance at the library to promote his
bill to mail tax forms to everybody who filed a paper form last year.
Upon further questions from us, they said it would put an end to the
public distribution of forms in libraries, to which we basically
replied
"are you sure that's a positive thing?" We also thought the
choice of
venue was rather odd, given that we have been the primary place in
Marquette to get tax forms in recent years.
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<br />> Like most
libraries, we felt the heat from the public the last couple years because of the
uncertainties and tardiness of the tax form program.
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<br clear="all" />Bruce A. MacDonald
<br />> Assistant Director / Head of
Circulation
<br />> Peter White Public Library
<br />> Marquette,
Michigan
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<br />> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:33
AM, Debbie Gallagher <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:melgovt@hotmail.com">melgovt@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:
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<br />> Here's the update I received this a.m. in response to my
"what the heck's going on" query. Speaks for itself:
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<br />> <i><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Currently, the IRS is
considering options concerning the Tax Forms Outlet Program for 2016 and is in
the process of making a decision.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: red;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">During this process,
we are considering the tax filing data and feedback we received from you last
year. </span></i>
<br />> <i><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></i>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We will email
updated information to you when [UTF-8?]it’s available. We will also post the
information on </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);"><a target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none;" title="TFOP News and
Updates" href="http://www.irs.gov/uac/TFOP-News-and-Updates"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">TFOP News and
Updates</span></i></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank
you</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">IRS
TFOP Administrator</span><span class=""><font color="#888888">
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<br />> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Debbie
Gallagher</span></font></span>
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