5 Tips for Choosing a Tax Return Preparer
Your annual physical. Spring cleaning. Flu shots. What do these activities have in common? Just like preparing and filing your taxes, you need to complete them every year. Yet filing your annual tax...
View ArticleIRS service at 'unacceptably low levels' (USA Today)
USA today reported that a widening imbalance between the IRS’s expanded workload and diminished resources means taxpayers in 2015 could face the worst service levels in more than a decade, according to...
View ArticlePress Release: National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers Annual Report to Congress;...
National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers Annual Report to Congress; Focuses on Taxpayer Service and Taxpayer Bill of RightsIR-2015-02, Jan. 14, 2015WASHINGTON — National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson...
View ArticleNeed Help From the I.R.S.? It May Take More Patience This Year (New York Times)
This article notes that services to taxpayers are likely to drop to their worst levels since 2001, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson’s 2014 Annual Report to Congress. Ms. Olson...
View ArticleIRS Cuts Taxpayer Services as Filing Returns Gets Harder (Associated Press)
Referencing the National Taxpayer Advocate's 2014 Annual Report to Congress, the AP story highlights that the IRS is cutting taxpayer services to historically low levels while filing a federal tax...
View ArticleNTA on C-SPAN Washington Journal
This morning, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson appeared on the C-SPAN call-in show Washington Journal, to talk about her recently released Annual Report to Congress, and answer questions from...
View ArticleIRS service at 'unacceptably low levels' (USA Today)
USA today reported that a widening imbalance between the IRS’s expanded workload and diminished resources means taxpayers in 2015 could face the worst service levels in more than a decade, according to...
View ArticlePress Release: National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers Annual Report to Congress;...
National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers Annual Report to Congress; Focuses on Taxpayer Service and Taxpayer Bill of RightsIR-2015-02, Jan. 14, 2015WASHINGTON — National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson...
View ArticleNeed Help From the I.R.S.? It May Take More Patience This Year (New York Times)
This article notes that services to taxpayers are likely to drop to their worst levels since 2001, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson’s 2014 Annual Report to Congress. Ms. Olson...
View ArticleIRS Cuts Taxpayer Services as Filing Returns Gets Harder (Associated Press)
Referencing the National Taxpayer Advocate's 2014 Annual Report to Congress, the AP story highlights that the IRS is cutting taxpayer services to historically low levels while filing a federal tax...
View ArticleNTA on C-SPAN Washington Journal
This morning, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson appeared on the C-SPAN call-in show Washington Journal, to talk about her recently released Annual Report to Congress, and answer questions from...
View Article5 Tips for Choosing a Tax Return Preparer
Your annual physical. Spring cleaning. Flu shots. What do these activities have in common? Just like preparing and filing your taxes, you need to complete them every year. Yet filing your annual tax...
View ArticleTAS Tax Tip: IRS online systems access and ID verification updates
ID Verification Since our January 2022 TAS Tax Tip: Verifying your identity to access certain IRS systems, the IRS and the ID.me service have made updates to the process for verifying customers’...
View ArticleNTA Blog: EITC Audits Will Once Again Begin; Proactively Responding to an...
NTA Blog: EITC Audits Will Once Again Begin; Proactively Responding to an EITC Audit Is Crucial NTA Blog: logo The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable credit for low- and moderate-income...
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TAS Tax Tip: What if I receive an IRS notice that says something is wrong...
TAS Tax Tip: What if I receive an IRS notice that says something is wrong with my 2021 tax return? Don’t panic! It is important to remember – not all correspondence from the IRS necessarily contains...
View ArticleTAS Tax Tip: When to check yes or no for the virtual currency question...
Virtual Currency Checkbox Even though the IRS introduced a check box related to virtual currency on Form 1040 individual tax returns a few years ago, taxpayers and tax return preparers may still be...
View ArticleNTA Blog: Getting Rid of the Kryptonite: The IRS Should Quickly Implement...
NTA BLOG: Getting Rid of the Kryptonite: The IRS Should Quickly Implement Scanning Technology to Process Paper Tax Returns Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS has fallen nearly a year...
View ArticleTAS Tax Tip: 2021 Federal individual tax return due dates and filing...
Here’s some basic information about individual filing season tax return due date(s), tax payment due date(s) and requesting a filing extension, if needed. Tax Return Filing due dates: April 18, 2022 –...
View ArticleNTA Blog: Notice of Claim Disallowance: Don’t Make This Mistake
NTA Blog: Notice of Claim Disallowance: Don’t Make This Mistake The pandemic delays have highlighted yet another problem for taxpayers seeking a credit or refund from the IRS. When a taxpayer files a...
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TAS Tax Tip: Filing past due tax returns before the refund statute date expires
File a Claim for Credit or Refund Did you know that in general, you must file a claim for credit or refund of any tax within three years from the time “the return” was filed, or two years from the...
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