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IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman: The C-SPAN Interview

February 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments

This is a little long, but well worth viewing. Especially for tax professionals.

Here’s the preface fromĀ C-SPAN Newsmakers:

Douglas Shulman, director of Internal Revenue Service (IRS), talked about the plan for the tax season, future changes such as new regulation of tax preparers, and a recent report from the National Taxpayer Advocate saying the record of IRS help for taxpayer phone calls seeking help is low. After he left, the reporters talked about his answers.

Tags: IRS procedure

2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 IRS Audits the Uber-Wealthy // Mar 13, 2010 at 9:12 am

    [...] figures are the strongest evidence yet that the agency is honoring a vow by the IRS. commissioner, Douglas H. Shulman, to increase scrutiny of wealthy [...]

  • 2 Is the IRS Getting More Aggressive? | DINKS Finance // May 8, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    [...] 3) Current political support for taxation is high. In an interview with C-SPAN, IRS commissioner Doug Shulman made allusions to this effect. Essentially with the Democrats controlling Congress and the Obama administration in the White House there is a strong amount of political support for increasing tax revenue to make up for the Federal budget deficit. You can listen to the interview with Commissioner Shulman here. [...]

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