RESEARCHING  THROUGH  STATE  FILINGS  

By:  Josie  Anderson  

Right  at  Your  Finger6ps  

• State  Departments  of  Revenue  • Secretary  of  State  Websites  • Various  state-­‐based  commerce  and  business  sites  

Department  of  Revenue  

What  you  can  find:  

•  State  Income  Forms  and  Tax  Publica6ons  •  Links  to  Related  Agencies,  like  Dept.  of  Economic  Opportunity,  Dept.  of  Business  and  Professional  Regula6on  

•  Revenue  Libraries  •  Surveys  and  internal  inves6ga6ons  •  Addi6on  personal  or  business  income  related  subtopics  such  as  child  support  and  property  taxes  

Secretary  of  State  

Websites  

What  you  can  find:  

•  Links  to  other  state  related  agencies,  like  the  Spending  Transparency  Dept.  and  Taxpayer  Advocacy  Groups  

•  State-­‐based  charity  databases  •  Private  company  profiles  •  News  and  Updates  on  things  like  individual  tax  requirements  and  business  ID’s  

HTTP://WWW.SOS.STATE.CO.US/BIZ/BUSINESSENTITYCRITERIA.DO    

Record  ID  and  Good  Standing  

But  wait  there’s  more…  

HTTP://WWW1.CTDOL.STATE.CT.US/LMI/CTNONFARMTABLE.ASP  

Labor  Market  Trends/Tables  

HTTPS://WWW.FTB.CA.GOV/ABOUTFTB/DELINQUENT_TAXPAYERS.SHTML  

Deliquent  Taxpayers  

HTTP://WWW.SCC.VIRGINIA.GOV/CLK/ANNUAL.ASPX    

Request  for  Annual  Reports  from  Commerce  Com.