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2017

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.

Tax News

8/9/2017

NTA Nina Olson Testified on IRS FY 2018 Budget Request

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson testified before the Subcommittee on Financial Services on IRS...

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 ...

NTA Blog

8/2/2017

IRS Allowable Living Expense Standards Do Not Provide Taxpayers With a Sustainab...

At TAS, we help taxpayers from all walks of life.

NTA Blog

7/26/2017

IRS Frequently Asked Questions Can Be a Trap for the Unwary

At a recent hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means

NTA Blog

7/19/2017

Private Debt Collection: Recent Debts (Part 3 of 3)

In an earlier blog I discussed my concern about how the IRS’s private debt collection (PDC) progra...

Success Stories

7/14/2017

TAS Advocates for Return of Levied Proceeds

TAS assisted a taxpayer who had been waiting over two years for the IRS to return levied funds. The ...

NTA Blog

7/12/2017

Private Debt Collection: Hardship (Part 2 of 3)

I have always had concerns about outsourcing tax debts to private collection agencies.

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