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Full Report

The Internal Revenue Code requires the National Taxpayer Advocate to submit two annual reports to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance. The National Taxpayer Advocate is required to submit these reports directly to the Committees without any prior review or comment from the IRS, the Department of the Treasury, or the Office of Management and Budget. The first report, due by June 30 of each year, must identify the objectives of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate for the upcoming fiscal year (the “Objectives Report”).

Full Report

Objectives Report To Congress

Preface: National Taxpayer Advocate’s Introductory Remarks

About the Taxpayer Advocate Service

Review of the 2026 Filing Season

TAS Systemic Advocacy Objectives Introduction

  1. Protect Taxpayer Rights and Reduce Uncertainty in IRS Administration of COVID-19 Disaster Relief Claims
  2. Reduce Delays for Victims of Identity Theft
  3. Reduce Delays and Taxpayer Burden as the IRS Phases Out Paper Refund Checks
  4. Help Taxpayers With Digital Assets Comply With Reporting Requirements
  5. Improve Math Error Notices and Abatement Procedures
  6. Protect Taxpayers’ Refund Claims by Improving the Statute Extension Process
  7. Reduce Taxpayer Burden by Improving Tax Pro Account
  8. Reduce Taxpayer Burden Caused by Suspended Return Processing Delays
  9. Protect Taxpayer Rights Through Fair and Consistent Penalty Application
  10. Protect Taxpayer Access to Representation by Improving IRS Authorization Processing
  11. Reduce Taxpayer Burden From Delays in Processing Deceased Taxpayers’ Returns and Refunds

TAS Research Report

Increasing Earned Income Tax Credit Participation Among Workers Without Qualifying Children

Appendices

  1. Evolution of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate
  2. Case Acceptance Criteria
  3. Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Locations
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“Most taxpayers are trying to comply with the law. They should not have to choose between efficiency and assistance, between modernization and accessibility, or between technology and fairness. The goal is not simply to build a more digital tax administration system. It is to build a better one, one that uses technology to make compliance easier while ensuring that every taxpayer can obtain help when they need it and be treated fairly.”

 

Erin M. Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate