Comments on: Tax Forms http://www.bibliotechweb.com/archives/2006/01/19/tax-forms/ The Intersection of Libraries and Technology Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:14:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Steve http://www.bibliotechweb.com/archives/2006/01/19/tax-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Steve Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:21:54 +0000 http://www.bibliotechweb.com/archives/2006/01/19/tax-forms/#comment-207 At MCPL we are the only game in town in Bloomington, and each year we have the same dicsussion about how long we think we should keep providing forms. On the one hand it is something people consistently say they appreciate about us, which is great PR. Nevertheless, it is A LOT of work for one of my staff members. Eventually, I foresee this service dissappearing, but not any time real soon. We have dispersed between 10%-25% fewer forms each year since 2001 and that trend will probably remain steady. At our peak, in the late nineties, we were handing out nearly 200,000 forms (state and fed) in total. That has been cut in half during the intervening years. At MCPL we are the only game in town in Bloomington, and each year we have the same dicsussion about how long we think we should keep providing forms. On the one hand it is something people consistently say they appreciate about us, which is great PR. Nevertheless, it is A LOT of work for one of my staff members.

Eventually, I foresee this service dissappearing, but not any time real soon. We have dispersed between 10%-25% fewer forms each year since 2001 and that trend will probably remain steady. At our peak, in the late nineties, we were handing out nearly 200,000 forms (state and fed) in total. That has been cut in half during the intervening years.

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