Effective date: August 10, 2026.
Last updated: September 13, 2026.
This Privacy Policy explains how FederalFormGuide.com (“Federal Form Guide,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information when you visit this website or contact us.
Federal Form Guide is an independent informational website. We are not the Internal Revenue Service or the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and we do not need your private tax-return information to provide our public form guides.
Information you choose to provide
If you contact us, you may provide information such as your name, email address, subject, message, and any other information you voluntarily include.
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, Employer Identification Numbers, Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers, bank or payment-card information, tax-return copies, identity documents, IRS online-account credentials, or other sensitive taxpayer information.
If sensitive information is sent to us unnecessarily, we may delete the message or remove the sensitive material when reasonably practical.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our hosting, security, caching, and content-delivery systems may automatically process technical information needed to deliver and protect the site. Depending on configuration, this can include:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- browser and device type;
- operating system;
- requested page or file;
- referring page;
- date and time of the request;
- general network or geographic information derived from an IP address;
- security, rate-limiting, bot-detection, and error-log information.
This technical information can be used to operate the website, diagnose errors, prevent abuse, protect security, understand aggregate usage, and maintain service availability.
Cookies and similar technologies
Federal Form Guide may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for website functionality, security, preferences, or administration. WordPress, security services, caching systems, embedded features, or other configured services may set or read cookies when required for their functions.
Advertising
This website displays third-party advertising supplied through Adsterra. When an advertisement loads, the advertising provider and its partners may receive technical information such as your IP address, browser or device information, the page being visited, and advertising interaction data. They may use cookies or similar technologies for ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, and personalization, subject to their own policies and applicable choices.
Advertisements are labeled separately from editorial content. Clicking an advertisement takes you to a third-party website. Official IRS downloads remain free and do not require clicking an advertisement. You can manage cookies through your browser and review Adsterra’s privacy policy.
You can control many cookies through your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may affect some website functions.
How we use information
We may use information described in this policy to:
- deliver and maintain FederalFormGuide.com;
- respond to messages, corrections, and editorial feedback;
- investigate broken links or technical problems;
- protect against spam, fraud, abuse, automated attacks, and security threats;
- monitor website performance and aggregate usage;
- maintain backups, logs, and operational records;
- comply with applicable legal obligations;
- enforce our Terms of Use.
Service providers
We may use third-party service providers to host, secure, cache, deliver, back up, maintain, or analyze the website, or to process communications sent through the site. These providers may process technical or contact information on our behalf as necessary to provide their services.
We do not authorize service providers to use private contact information for unrelated purposes merely because they provide infrastructure to the website.
External links and IRS.gov
Federal Form Guide contains links to IRS.gov and may link to other external websites. When you follow an external link, the destination website’s privacy practices apply. Federal Form Guide does not control the data collection, cookies, security, or privacy policies of an external website.
Official IRS websites have their own privacy and security policies. You should review those policies when using IRS online services.
We do not ask you to upload tax returns
Federal Form Guide’s public guides are designed to be used without creating a taxpayer account or uploading a tax return to us. We do not need your Social Security number, refund amount, bank account, IRS PIN, identity document, or tax transcript to show you a public form guide.
If a future feature materially changes this practice, this Privacy Policy should be updated before or when that feature is introduced.
Sharing and disclosure
We may disclose information when reasonably necessary:
- to service providers performing services for the website;
- to protect the security, rights, or integrity of Federal Form Guide, our users, or others;
- to investigate misuse, fraud, or security incidents;
- to comply with a lawful request, court order, legal process, or applicable law;
- in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale, or transfer of website assets, subject to applicable law.
Third-party advertising has separate data practices from our contact form. We do not send contact-form messages to advertising providers. To ask about our data practices or request deletion of a message, use the contact form.
Contact messages
Contact-form messages are stored privately in this website’s WordPress administration area for the site operator to review. Form submissions are not published and the form does not accept attachments.
Data retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to correspondence, maintaining security logs, preventing abuse, keeping operational records, resolving disputes, and meeting legal obligations.
Retention periods can differ depending on the type of information and the systems involved. Backups and security logs may persist for a limited period after live data is deleted.
Data security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect the website and information processed through it. No internet transmission, website, server, or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
For that reason, do not send sensitive taxpayer information through our contact channel.
Your privacy choices and requests
Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide rights concerning personal information, such as requesting access, correction, deletion, or information about how data is used.
You may send a privacy request through our Contact Us page. We may need to verify the request before acting on it, and legal exceptions may apply.
You can also use browser controls to manage cookies and similar local storage.
Children’s privacy
Federal Form Guide is intended as a general tax-information resource and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly seek personal information from children under 13 through the site’s ordinary editorial features.
If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us so we can review the situation.
International visitors
Federal Form Guide focuses on U.S. federal tax information, but the website can be visited from other countries. Information may be processed in countries where our service providers operate. Privacy rights and requirements can vary by jurisdiction.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, service providers, legal requirements, or data practices change. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated date.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests, use our Contact Us page. Please do not include confidential tax-return information in a privacy request unless it is genuinely necessary and specifically requested through a secure method.