NTA Blog 3/21/2018 An Analysis of Tax Settlement Programs as Amnesties – Why IRS’s Offshore... In last week’s blog, we discussed how broad amnesties can blunt economic deterrence.
Success Stories 3/19/2018 TAS Helps Taxpayer Victimized by a Return Preparer A TAS case advocate worked diligently on a preparer fraud case to get a taxpayer his refund due. Whe...
NTA Blog 3/14/2018 Analysis of Tax Settlement Programs as Amnesties – When Should the Governm... On March 13, 2018, the IRS announced that on September 28, 2018.
Success Stories 3/5/2018 TAS Advocates for Taxpayer Claiming Disabled Brother TAS advocated for a taxpayer who did not get his 2013 refund as expected. Originally, the IRS held h...
NTA Blog 2/28/2018 EITC – How a Simple Educational Letter Can Help Avert Noncompliance Can a simple educational letter to taxpayers who appear to have erroneously claimed
NTA Blog 2/21/2018 Inadequate Training of IRS Employees Harms Taxpayers, Creates IRS Rework, and Er... I identified IRS employee training as one of the Most Serious Problems facing taxpayers.
NTA Blog 2/16/2018 Nonresident Aliens Still Facing Hardships In Obtaining Refunds of Withheld Tax Nonresident Aliens’ Ability to Receive Credit for Certain Taxes Withheld at Source Continues to Be...
Success Stories 2/12/2018 TAS helps taxpayer validate eligibility for Earned Income Tax Credit A taxpayer filed returns for three tax years as head of household and claimed the Earned Income Tax ...
NTA Blog 2/8/2018 Telephone Service in an Omnichannel Environment (Part 2 of 2) In last week’s blog, Telephone Service in an Omnichannel Environment.
Tax News 2/7/2018 The National Taxpayer Advocate Hosts Inaugural Conversation Series with Internat... National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina E. Olson, recently commenced a series of tax administration convers...