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2012 Low Income Taxpayer Clinics Announced

The IRS recently announced the recipients of more than $9 million in matching grants for 2012 Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITC). More information about the LITC program, which is administered by the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), can be found on the TAS Tax Toolkit....

National Taxpayer Advocate’s Blog Post Discusses Need for Taxpayer Bill of Rights

National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson stresses the need to enact a Taxpayer Bill of Rights in a new blog post on the National Taxpayer Advocate’s Blog. ...

New Information for Tax Professionals on Tax Toolkit

Updated information for tax professionals regarding renewing or applying for a Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) and continuing professional education requirements is now available on the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) Tax Toolkit. ...

TAS Now Offers Virtual Help to Taxpayers via IRS Pilot Program

Through the new IRS Virtual Service Delivery (VSD) pilot program, TAS can now offer face-to-face assistance through two-way video conferencing to qualifying taxpayers in the Tampa, FL area. The IRS is conducting a limited roll-out of this program at 10 IRS offices and two other sites, and may expand to further sites in the future. Visit the Virtual Tax Help page on the Taxpayer Advocate Servi...

National Taxpayer Advocate Blog Post Explores IRS Correspondence Audits

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson explores the impact of correspondence examinations (or audits) on taxpayer rights in a new blog post on the National Taxpayer Advocate’s Blog....

Updated Tax Credit Information on Tax Toolkit

Updated information about several different tax credits has been added to the Education Tax Benefits, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Health Care Tax Credit pages of the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) Tax Toolkit. Updates reflect information important to the 2011 tax filing season.     ...

National Taxpayer Advocate Blog Post Explores IRS Audits

National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson explores the difference between “real” and “unreal” IRS audits in a new blog post. Don’t forget to subscribe for RSS updates from the NTA’s blog!...

Information About Tax Day 2012 and Important Filing Information Added to Tax Toolkit

Information about Tax Day 2012 has been added to the home page of the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) Tax Toolkit. In addition, links to useful tax filing resources have been added to the Individuals, Get Tax Help, Businesses and Tax Professionals pages....

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson releases 2011 Annual Report to Congress and Launches Blog

National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina E. Olson released her annual report to Congress on Jan. 11, 2012, identifying the combination of the IRS’s expanding workload and declining resources as the most serious problem facing taxpayers. The result, the report says, is inadequate taxpayer service, erosion of taxpayer rights, and reduced tax compliance, especially in light of the increased d...

New Information about EITC, Adoption Credit and PTIN Renewals Added to Tax Toolkit

Updated information about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for Tax Year 2011 has been added to the Earned Income Tax Credit and Family Credit page of the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) Tax Toolkit. Updated information is also available about the Adoption Credit for Tax Year 2011 on the Adoption Credit page. In addition, new information about Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) renew...