My favorite IRS employee has started a blog. Paul Caron reports: National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has started a blog: Welcome to the National Taxpayer Advocate’s blog about taxpayer rights and taxpayer burden. For starters, let me explain that I use the term “taxpayer rights” here to mean not only statutory rights but also the [...]
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Tax Attorney and tax blogger Kelly Phillips-Erb said that an IRS agent hung up on her the other day in IRS Gone Bad: Are Things About to Get Worse? Over the years, I’ve represented a lot of clients. I’ve listened to hours and hours of IRS hold music. And I’ve had a lot of conversations with [...]
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Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know that I have a bit of a crush on National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. For more about my infatuation with her go here. Well, because I have so much respect for her honesty, candor and willingness to chide both the IRS and Congress [...]
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WebCPA reports that the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) has experienced a greatly increased workload in recent years: The IRS’s increased emphasis on enforcement, rising caseloads, the economy, and recent legislative changes are among the many challenges confronting the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), according to a new report. TAS management overall agreed with the facts and conclusions of the report [...]
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My favorite IRS person, Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has issued her annual report to Congress. In Fiscal Year 2011 Objectives, Olson euphemistically echoes what I and other tax bloggers have been saying more bluntly for months: The new 1099 reporting requirement is crazier than Sandra Bullock’s taste in men. Here’s the story from WebCPA (emphasis added): The report… expressed concern [...]
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It’s that time of the year again in the world of taxation when two things occur: The indefatigable Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate, tells Congress what the IRS must do to improve its service and comport with its stated mission; and Congress yawns. Ms. Olson delivered this year’s version of her mid-year report to Congress yesterday. I have only [...]
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The National Law Journal has a great article titled Attorneys Angered Over Lack of IRS Aid which tells about the IRS’s failure to efficiently and properly evaluate and process Offers in Compromise and Partial Payment Installment Plans: At the start of the new year, the Internal Revenue Service announced steps to help struggling taxpayers buffeted by [...]
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