Internet uses for tax practice

The Internet and the World Wide Web have experienced phenomenal growth over the last 2 years. A brief update of Internet technology is presented, along with an extensive discussion of the uses of the Internet for acquiring tax related information. Addresses or uniform resource locators for tax law, federal and state tax forms, and vendors of tax related materials on the Web are provided. Practitioners can use home pages of other tax professionals to glean a variety of useful information on US and foreign tax issues. Newer versions of Web browsers allow users to access all of the Internet protocols with a few pull-down menus and hypertext links. Some of the Internet technologies that tax practitioners can access include internet mail exchanges, intranets, and tax directories.