NTA Blog 7/26/2018 Tax Administration on the Twentieth Anniversary of RRA 98 Twenty years ago this week, the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 was enacted.
NTA Blog 7/18/2018 The National Taxpayer Advocate Responds to Private Debt Collectors’ Contention... Last week, I returned from vacation to read a press release from a newly formed organization.
NTA Blog 7/11/2018 Overall the Filing Season at Taxpayer Assistance Centers Ran Smoothly, But Room ... In my most recent Annual Report to Congress, I focused on Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs)
NTA Blog 7/6/2018 “Real” vs. “Unreal” Audits and Why This Distinction Matters Around five months ago, in my 2017 Annual Report to Congress,
NTA Blog 6/27/2018 A Few Thoughts About The National Taxpayer Advocate’s Fiscal Year 2019 Objecti... In lieu of posting a blog this week I would ask that you check out my June Report to Congress
NTA Blog 6/20/2018 Participants in the Sharing Economy Lack Adequate Guidance From the IRS In my most recent Annual Report to Congress, I included the IRS’s efforts to reach out to particip...
NTA Blog 6/14/2018 The IRS’s Continued Refusal to Exclude Already Open TAS Cases From the Passpor... In January, I wrote my third blog about the IRS’s new program
NTA Blog 6/6/2018 One Year Later, The IRS Has Not Adjusted Its Private Debt Collection Initiative ... Since the IRS implemented the private debt collection (PDC) initiative last year.
NTA Blog 5/23/2018 The Flood That Didn’t Materialize When the IRS Removed the Two-Year Period for... Innocent spouse relief, which has been available under IRC § 6015
NTA Blog 5/16/2018 A Problem of the IRS’s Own Making – Automatic Revocations of 1023-EZ Exe... The IRS introduced Form 1023-EZ, Streamlined Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section ...