1.   -- Having the return completed by a professional tax preparer, who then transmits it to a service bureau or directly to the government.

2.   -- Using tax-preparation software and mailing the return on a diskette to the service bureau.

3.   -- Using tax-preparation software to file the return to a service bureau through Compuserve or America Online, commercial on-line services.

4.   A few pages in the handbook are devoted to dealing with printing service bureaus.

5.   All it takes is an entrepreneur, a middleman known as a service bureau and a line sold through one of the major carriers.

6.   For those without a high-resolution monitor or access to a good printer, a service bureau can help.

7.   Or, instead of buying a printer, you can always take your files to a service bureau.

8.   The department also backed removal of decree provisions relating to the operation of IBM service bureaus and its treatment of used computers obtained as trade-ins, Turetsky said.

9.   The service bureau checks the return for accuracy, puts it in an IRS-acceptable format and passes it on to the agency.

10.   They include computer disks, CD-ROMs and on-line services like telephone service bureaus at Stream International, a Donnelley subsidiary, that help businesses upgrade software.