Here are some Web sites that taxpayers might want to check out:

Roth IRA Web Site at www.rothira.com. Brentmark Software’s site is a rich resource for consumers and pros who want to evaluate the right moves to make with a Roth IRA.

Tax and Accounting Sites Directory at www.taxsites.com. Dennis Schmidt, an accounting professor at the University of Northern Iowa, has compiled an exhaustive index of tax and accounting sources for confused taxpayers and tax pros alike. It includes handy links if you need out-of-state forms, too.

TaxPlanet.com at www.taxplanet.com. News and tips edited by Gary Klott, the former tax columnist for the New York Times.

Internal Revenue Service at www.irs.gov. This much-lauded site was redesigned in January and now is much more stodgy and official, and it relies on tiny print. Still, it’s the place to go for federal tax forms and publications. Other notable features include a W-4 Calculator to refigure your withholding and alerts when big IRS goofs occur.

Employee Stock Option Advisors Assn. at www.stockoptionadvisors.com. CPA Michael C. Gray delves into a variety of stock-option issues, including the controversy over “wash sales.” He also publishes a newsletter for employees with stock options.

Fairmark Press at www.fairmark.com. Chicago-area tax attorney Kaye Thomas provides understandable advice for investors puzzling over stock options, employee stock-purchase plans, capital gains and the one-time-only chance to make “deemed sales.”

MyStockOptions.com at www.mystockoptions.com. The first place to turn for news, advice, calculators and resources for stock options and employee stock-purchase plans.

ReformAMT at www.reformamt.org. A national grass-roots group that sprang up in California’s Silicon Valley to lobby Congress to provide legislative relief for people who triggered Alternative Minimum Tax bills worth more than the underlying stock.

National Association of Tax Professionals at www.taxprofessionals.com. This nonprofit professional organization lets you search a national directory to find CPAs, enrolled agents and more