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NTA Blog

12/22/2017

Miscellaneous Tax Return Preparer Issues as We Head into the 2018 Filing Season

As the 2018 filing season approaches, we thought it would be a good time to review where we stand on...

NTA Blog

12/13/2017

Recent Court Decision Highlights the Impact of the Lack of Pre-payment Judicial ...

This time of the year, I review and edit drafts of the ten most litigated issues in federal courts.

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...

Success Stories

11/20/2017

TAS Advocates for Release of Levy due to Hardship

TAS received an inquiry from a local congressional office for a taxpayer whose bank account had been...

Success Stories

11/18/2017

TAS Helps Taxpayer Get Amended Returns Processed

A taxpayer came to TAS because he owed taxes on his 2011 original tax return, but had filed amended ...

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...

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