CALIFORNIA Tax Forms and Instructions
Below are the relevant links for CA State Tax information.
California State Mandate Tax preparers who prepare more than 100 individual state income tax returns annually and prepare one or more using tax preparation software are required to e-file all individual income tax returns.



CALIFORNIA Tax Forms and Instructions Information
  • California Individual Income Tax Forms
    A Complete List of Current and Previous Year Individual Income Tax Forms

  • California Individual Income Tax Instructions
    Overview of Individual Income Tax Information. Contains Links and References

  • California Refund Status
    Check the Status of Your Current Year's Refund Online

  • California Contact Information
    Interactive Voice Response (IVR)/Automated Telephone Service From within the United States, call . . (800) 338-0505 From outside the United States, call (not toll-free) . . (916) 845-6600 General Toll-Free Telephone Service (Taxpayer Services Center) Telephone assistance is available year-round from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. We may modify these hours without notice to meet operational needs . From within the United States, call . . (800) 852-5711 From outside the United States, call (not toll-free) . . (916) 845-6500 Tax Practitioner Services Hotline (not toll-free) - (916) 845-7057 Hotline (Fax) - (916) 845-6377 Personal Income Tax Collection (Fax) - (916) 845-0494 Business Entity Tax Collections (Fax) - (916) 845-0145 e-file - (916) 845-0353

Online Credit Card Payments
  • Offical Payments
    Or call 1-800-2PAY-TAX (Offical payments charges a nominal fee for this service)(Use Jurisdiction Code 2000 for Individual and Jurisdiction Code 2006 for Business Taxes)
Mailing Addresses
  • Return Mailing Address:
    Franchise Tax Board
    PO Box 942840
    Sacramento, CA. 94240-0002

  • Return Mailing Address without Refund:
    Franchise Tax Board
    PO Box 942867
    Sacramento, CA. 94267-0001

  • Estimates Mailing Address:
    Franchise Tax Board
    P.O. Box 942867
    Sacramento, CA 94267-0021

  • Amended Return Mailing Address:
    Franchise Tax Board
    Po Box 942840
    Sacramento, CA 94240-00002

  • Extension Mailing Address:
    California gives you an automatic filing extension through October 15. You don't need to apply for one

    Internal Revenue Service
    P.O. Box 7122
    San Francisco, CA. 94120-7122

  • Electronic Filing:
    California accepts Resident, Nonresident, and Part-year returns electronically. They can be transmitted with the Federal return or transmitted as a State only return. California gives you an automatic filing extension through October 15. You don't need to apply for one.
Federal Tax Information
  • Where's My Federal Refund?
    Access this Secure Web Site to find out if the IRS Received Your Return and Whether Your Refund was Processed and Sent to You

  • Federal Refund Cycle
    Pub 2043 (PDF) ELF Peak Refund Cycle Chart 1003 Pub 2043 (PDF) ELF Peak Refund Cycle Chart (79.9K) PDF Pub 2043 (PDF) ELF Peak Refund Cycle Chart

  • IRS Publications
    Select from a List Sorted by Publication or Notice Number

  • IRS Forms
    Select from a List of Forms and Instructions Displayed in Form Number Order

  • IRS Contact Information
    IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers are Your one-stop Resource for face-to-face Tax Help and Solutions to Tax Problems, every Business Day

  • Tax Resources
    Tax Resources on the Web