NTA Blog 3/20/2019 Fraud Detection Filters: Recent Changes in the IRS Fraud Detection Program May R... Over the years I have repeatedly raised concerns regarding the IRS’s Identity Theft (IDT).
NTA Blog 3/15/2019 FREE FILE: The Free File Program Is Failing to Achieve Its Objectives and Should... In this week’s blog, I highlight my concerns with the IRS Free File program.
Tax News 3/12/2019 TAS office intake numbers are being used in scam calls to taxpayers Certain TAS telephone numbers are being used in a spoofing scam. Taxpayers are targeted by either ro...
Tax Tips 3/8/2019 Claiming the EITC or CTC Credit this year? Here are some tips… Are you planning on claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or the Child Tax Credit (CTC) on yo...
NTA Blog 3/6/2019 The IRS Office of Chief Counsel is Using Email to Avoid Disclosure of Program Ma... This blog highlights problems with the transparency of the IRS Office of Chief Counsel (OCC)
Tax News 3/4/2019 Taxpayer Advocate Service Toll-Free Line Is Experiencing High Call Volumes The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is currently experiencing very high call volumes on its toll-fre...
Tax News 3/4/2019 Register now for the 4th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights in Minneapo... The National Taxpayer Advocate of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is convening the fourth Internat...
NTA Blog 3/1/2019 A Personal Message from the National Taxpayer Advocate On this date eighteen years ago – March 1st, 2001 – I walked through the doors of the IRS headqu...
NTA Blog 2/28/2019 We’re Baaaaaack! We’re Baaaaaack! Well. It’s been a while since we’ve sent out an NTA Blog — ten weeks, to be...
Tax Tips 2/27/2019 National Taxpayer Advocate Shares Tax Filing Season Tips, Issues and Solutions National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson recently shared tax filing tips and addressed issues taxpayers...