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Internal Revenue Service | An official website of the United States government
Pay your taxes. Get your refund status. Find IRS forms and answers to tax questions. We help you understand and meet your federal tax responsibilities.
Seo
Title
The title tag must be between 1 and 60 characters.
The current title has 78 characters.
Meta description
The meta description tag is good.
Pay your taxes. Get your refund status. Find IRS forms and answers to tax questions. We help you understand and meet your federal tax responsibilities.
Headings
The headings are properly set.
  1. Home Page
  1. Information Menu
  2. Help Menu Mobile
  3. Main navigation mobile
  4. Information Menu
  5. File
  6. Pay
  7. Refunds
  8. Credits & Deductions
  9. Forms & Instructions
  10. Main navigation mobile
  11. Main navigation
  12. Info Menu Mobile
  13. How can we help you?
  14. Tools & Applications
  15. News & Announcements
  16. Footer Navigation
  17. Subfooter
  1. Where's My Refund?
  2. Tax Withholding Estimator
  3. IRS Free File
  4. Your Online Account
  5. Get Your Tax Records
  6. Pay Directly From Your Bank Account
  7. Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN)
  8. IRS2Go Mobile App
  9. Clean vehicle tax credits
  10. Penalty Relief
  11. Child Tax Credit
  12. IRS is hiring
  13. Special filing season alerts
  14. IRS operations status
  15. A Closer Look
  16. Recruiting Volunteers to Prepare Taxes in Communities
  17. IRS on Twitter
Content keywords
The content has relevant keywords.
serviceanofficialwebsiteoftheunitedstatesgovernment
Image keywords
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SEO friendly URL
The URL does not contain any relevant keywords.
https://www.irs.gov/
404 page
The website has 404 error pages.
https://www.irs.gov/404-ddf1a03df69ad6e35ec13baad69b4693
Robots.txt
The webpage can be accessed by search engines.
Noindex
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In-page links
The webpage contains more than 150 links.
  1. https://www.irs.gov/
  2. Español
  3. 中文 (简体)
  4. 中文 (繁體)
  5. 한국어
  6. Русский
  7. Tiếng Việt
  8. Kreyòl ayisyen
  9. Help
  10. News
  11. Charities & Nonprofits
  12. Tax Pros
  13. Help
  14. https://www.irs.gov/
  15. File
  16. Overview
  17. Individuals
  18. Business & Self Employed
  19. Charities and Nonprofits
  20. International Taxpayers
  21. Federal State and Local Governments
  22. Indian Tribal Governments
  23. Tax Exempt Bonds
  24. Who Should File
  25. How to File
  26. When to File
  27. Where to File
  28. Update My Information
  29. Get Your Tax Record
  30. File Your Taxes for Free
  31. Apply for an Employer ID Number (EIN)
  32. Check Your Amended Return Status
  33. Get an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN)
  34. Pay
  35. Overview
  36. Bank Account (Direct Pay)
  37. Debit or Credit Card
  38. Payment Plan (Installment Agreement)
  39. Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)
  40. Your Online Account
  41. Tax Withholding Estimator
  42. Estimated Taxes
  43. Penalties
  44. Refunds
  45. Overview
  46. What to Expect
  47. Direct Deposit
  48. Reduced Refunds
  49. Fix/Correct a Return
  50. Credits & Deductions
  51. Overview
  52. Individuals
  53. Businesses & Self-Employed
  54. Earned Income Credit (EITC)
  55. Advance Child Tax Credit
  56. Standard Deduction
  57. Health Coverage
  58. Retirement Plans
  59. Forms & Instructions
  60. Overview
  61. Form 1040
  62. Form 1040 Instructions
  63. Form W-9
  64. Form 4506-T
  65. Form W-4
  66. Form 941
  67. Form W-2
  68. Form 9465
  69. Form 1040-X
  70. Form 2848
  71. Form W-7
  72. Circular 230
  73. Help
  74. News
  75. Charities & Nonprofits
  76. Tax Pros
  77. Overview
  78. Individuals
  79. Business & Self Employed
  80. Charities and Nonprofits
  81. International Taxpayers
  82. Federal State and Local Governments
  83. Indian Tribal Governments
  84. Tax Exempt Bonds
  85. Who Should File
  86. How to File
  87. When to File
  88. Where to File
  89. Update My Information
  90. Get Your Tax Record
  91. File Your Taxes for Free
  92. Apply for an Employer ID Number (EIN)
  93. Check Your Amended Return Status
  94. Get an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN)
  95. Overview
  96. Bank Account (Direct Pay)
  97. Debit or Credit Card
  98. Payment Plan (Installment Agreement)
  99. Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)
  100. Your Online Account
  101. Tax Withholding Estimator
  102. Estimated Taxes
  103. Penalties
  104. Overview
  105. What to Expect
  106. Direct Deposit
  107. Reduced Refunds
  108. Fix/Correct a Return
  109. Overview
  110. Individuals
  111. Businesses & Self-Employed
  112. Earned Income Credit (EITC)
  113. Advance Child Tax Credit
  114. Standard Deduction
  115. Health Coverage
  116. Retirement Plans
  117. Overview
  118. Form 1040
  119. Form 1040 Instructions
  120. Form W-9
  121. Form 4506-T
  122. Form W-4
  123. Form 941
  124. Form W-2
  125. Form 9465
  126. Form 1040-X
  127. Form 2848
  128. Form W-7
  129. Circular 230
  130. https://www.irs.gov/
  131. File
  132. Overview
  133. Individuals
  134. Business & Self Employed
  135. Charities and Nonprofits
  136. International Taxpayers
  137. Federal State and Local Governments
  138. Indian Tribal Governments
  139. Tax Exempt Bonds
  140. Who Should File
  141. How to File
  142. When to File
  143. Where to File
  144. Update My Information
  145. Get Your Tax Record
  146. File Your Taxes for Free
  147. Apply for an Employer ID Number (EIN)
  148. Check Your Amended Return Status
  149. Get an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN)
  150. Pay
  151. Overview
  152. Bank Account (Direct Pay)
  153. Debit or Credit Card
  154. Payment Plan (Installment Agreement)
  155. Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)
  156. Your Online Account
  157. Tax Withholding Estimator
  158. Estimated Taxes
  159. Penalties
  160. Refunds
  161. Overview
  162. What to Expect
  163. Direct Deposit
  164. Reduced Refunds
  165. Fix/Correct a Return
  166. Credits & Deductions
  167. Overview
  168. Individuals
  169. Businesses & Self-Employed
  170. Earned Income Credit (EITC)
  171. Advance Child Tax Credit
  172. Standard Deduction
  173. Health Coverage
  174. Retirement Plans
  175. Forms & Instructions
  176. Overview
  177. Form 1040
  178. Form 1040 Instructions
  179. Form W-9
  180. Form 4506-T
  181. Form W-4
  182. Form 941
  183. Form W-2
  184. Form 9465
  185. Form 1040-X
  186. Form 2848
  187. Form W-7
  188. Circular 230
  189. File
  190. Pay
  191. Refunds
  192. Credits & Deductions
  193. Forms & Instructions
  194. Help
  195. News
  196. Charities & Nonprofits
  197. Tax Pros
  198. File Your Taxes for Free
  199. Find Forms & Instructions
  200. Sign in to Your Account
  201. Get Your Refund Status
  202. Make a Payment
  203. Check Your Amended Return Status
  204. Get Your Tax Record
  205. Get Answers to Your Tax Questions
  206. Apply for an Employer ID Number (EIN)
  207. Where's My Refund? Find the status of your last return and check on your refund. Check your refund status
  208. Tax Withholding Estimator Make sure you have the right amount of tax withheld from your paycheck. Check your withholding
  209. IRS Free File Prepare and file your federal income taxes online for free. Try IRS Free File
  210. Your Online Account Make payments toward your balance and manage profile preferences for account activity. Go to your account
  211. Get Your Tax Records Request your transcripts online or by mail. Get your transcript
  212. Pay Directly From Your Bank Account Use Direct Pay to securely pay your taxes from your checking or savings account. Pay your taxes
  213. Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) Protect yourself from tax-related identity theft. Register for your IP PIN
  214. IRS2Go Mobile App Check your refund status, make a payment, get free tax help and more. Download the IRS2Go app
  215. Clean vehicle tax credits New tax law changes the eligibility rules Find out more
  216. Penalty Relief For certain 2019 and 2020 returns due to the pandemic Find out if you qualify
  217. Child Tax Credit Many Puerto Rico residents may now qualify for CTC Get more information
  218. Special filing season alerts Tax season alerts and planning ahead for 2023 Read the latest developments
  219. IRS operations status Check our current processing times for returns, refunds and other services. Get the latest updates
  220. A Closer Look NEW: Voice & Chat Bots Improve Taxpayer Experience Read insights from the IRS
  221. About IRS
  222. Operations and Budget
  223. Tax Statistics
  224. Help
  225. Find a Local Office
  226. Taxpayer Bill of Rights
  227. Taxpayer Advocate Service
  228. Independent Office of Appeals
  229. Civil Rights
  230. FOIA
  231. IRS Notices and Letters
  232. Identity Theft
  233. Phishing
  234. Tax Fraud
  235. Criminal Investigation
  236. Whistleblower Office
  237. Español
  238. 中文 (简体)
  239. 中文 (繁體)
  240. 한국어
  241. Pусский
  242. Tiếng Việt
  243. Kreyòl ayisyen
  244. English
  245. Other Languages
  246. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs2goapp
  247. https://www.irs.gov/
  248. Privacy Policy
  249. Accessibility
Language
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en
Favicon
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Performance
Text compression
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Load time
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Page size
The size of the HTML webpage is 22,153.00.
HTTP requests
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DOM size
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Security
HTTPS encryption
The webpage uses HTTPS encryption.
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Mixed content
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Server signature
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Unsafe cross-origin links
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Plaintext email
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Miscellaneous
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      Sitemap
      The website has sitemaps.
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      Text to HTML ratio
      The text to HTML ratio is 10%.
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