NTA Blog 12/8/2017 LITC Program Office’s Latest Report Details Tireless Work of Those Giving Voic... This week, 219 people from 134 Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) are gathering in Washington, D.C.
NTA Blog 11/30/2017 Taxpayer Assistance Center Service Continues to Decline, Impairing Taxpayers’ ... The other day, I came across an interesting item in the news.
NTA Blog 11/22/2017 Thanksgiving wishes from the National Taxpayer Advocate As we all pause to give thanks at the beginning of this holiday season, I’d like to share with you...
NTA Blog 11/15/2017 Caring about “Sharing” – The IRS Should Do More for Participants in the Gi... In this blog post, I will discuss how the IRS has been dealing with a growing sector of our economy.
NTA Blog 11/1/2017 Appeals Should Accept Good-Faith Requests to Review Section 6702 Penalty Abateme... Appeals Is Needlessly Turning Away Even Good-Faith Taxpayers Who Seek Administrative Review of Rejec...
NTA Blog 10/25/2017 IRS Should Identify Potentially Frivolous Positions in the Letters It Mails to T... In the early 1980s, Congress became concerned with the rapid growth of deliberate defiance of the ta...
NTA Blog 10/18/2017 Affordable Care Act Estimators – The Taxpayer Advocate Service Provides Se... With the open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace beginning November 1st.
NTA Blog 10/11/2017 Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)- TAS Study Finds Informing Taxpayers Can Help Av... Taxpayers can claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in more than one tax year, so using the audi...
NTA Blog 10/8/2017 IRS Policy Needs to Reflect the Reality of Retirement for Today’s Taxpayers Unlike private creditors, the IRS has wide discretion to exercise its administrative levy powers.
NTA Blog 10/4/2017 IRS policy weakens requirements for penalties In the past, I’ve written extensively about penalties – touching on topics of fairness, equity, ...