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, ...
NTA Blog 9/27/2017 Tax Reform The next few weeks and months are shaping up to be an exciting time for advocates of tax reform. To ...
NTA Blog 9/21/2017 Installment Agreements (IAs): Adopting National Taxpayer Advocate Recommendation... Previously, I discussed my concerns about installment agreements (IAs) and the study TAS Research co...
NTA Blog 9/13/2017 Installment Agreements (IAs): TAS Study Finds Taxpayers Enter IAs They Cannot Af... In this and next week’s blog, I will discuss my recent Most Serious Problem on Installment Agreem...
NTA Blog 9/7/2017 The IRS’s Position in Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Commissioner Raises Concerns A... About this time every year, my wonderful staff of attorney-advisors presents me with early drafts of...
NTA Blog 9/1/2017 Federal Payment Levy Program: The New IRS Automated Levies on Military Retiremen... In this blog post, I discuss my concerns about the IRS’s decision to extend the FPLP to military p...
NTA Blog 8/23/2017 Federal Payment Levy Program: The New IRS Automated Levies on Military Retiremen... Over the years, I and my staff have written and advocated extensively about our concerns.
NTA Blog 8/16/2017 Correctible Error Authority Part 2: Why Correctible Error Authority Creates More... In my last blog, I discussed my concerns about the IRS’s current use of math.
NTA Blog 8/9/2017 Why Correctible Error Authority Raises Significant Taxpayer Rights Concerns – ... People occasionally ask me which areas of tax administration worry me the most. There is certainly ...