Five Facts about IRS Publication 17 

While the Internal Revenue Service provides publications about a wide range of topics, there is one publication every taxpayer should have with them when they are preparing their federal tax return. Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax is available at IRS.gov and contains a wealth of information for individual taxpayers.

Here are the top five things the IRS wants you to know about Publication 17 and how it will come in handy when you prepare your taxes.