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National Taxpayer Advocate Releases Report to Congress

WASHINGTON — National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson today delivered a report to Congress that identifies the priority issues the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate will address in the coming fiscal year. These issues include the rules governing the use or disclosure of tax return information by return preparers, a recently imposed requirement that taxpayers submitting lump-sum offers in compromise make a down payment of 20 percent of the amount of the offer, IRS guidelines in evaluating “non-hardship effective tax administration” offers, and the importance of safeguarding taxpayer rights as the IRS rolls out its private debt collection initiative. Olson also released a report, presented as Volume II, that examines the role the IRS plays in facilitating the refund anticipation loan (RAL) industry, and makes recommendations to improve refund delivery to taxpayers, including the “unbanked.”

The Advocate’s report, which is required by law, notes that the IRS is under significant pressure both to reduce the tax gap and to maintain and improve taxpayer services. The report commends the IRS for adopting a more strategic approach to these objectives.  “I am concerned, however, that the IRS is approaching its taxpayer service and enforcement initiatives on almost entirely separate tracks,” Olson writes.  “[I]n the IRS today, enforcement employees work on enforcement initiatives and taxpayer service employees work on taxpayer service initiatives, and never the twain shall meet.”  Citing the offer in compromise as an example, Olson maintains that incorporating high quality service within enforcement initiatives will ultimately help bring non compliant taxpayers into compliance and thus reduce the tax gap.

The report sets out the objectives of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate for the upcoming fiscal year and provides substantive analysis of issues as well as statistical information. Read more at irs.gov
 
 

 

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If you have employees, you are responsible for Federal Taxes
If you have employees, you are responsible for several federal, state, and local taxes. As an employer, you must withhold certain taxes from your employees pay checks. Employment taxes include the following. Federal income tax withholding Social Security and Medicare taxes Federal unemployment tax act (FUTA).

 


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U.S. Asks Federal Court to Bar Dallas Man from Preparing Tax Returns for Others
The United States has sued a Dallas, Texas, man, seeking to bar him from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department an...
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New Law Revamps IRS Offer In Compromise Program
WASHINGTON — Under a new federal law, taxpayers submitting new offers in compromise must make a 20 percent nonrefundable, up-front payment in many ...
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IRS Issues Winter 2004-2005 Statistics of Income Bulletin
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the release of the Winter 2004-2005 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin.

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Taxation Terms

 


Today's Terms

Dependency exemption

Definition:
Amount that taxpayers can claim for their eligible dependents. Each exemption reduces the income subject to tax. The exemption amount is a set amount that changes from year to year.

Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate

Definition:
Completed by the employee and used by the employer to determine the amount of income tax to withhold.

Acquisition

Definition:
The purchase of one corporation by another, through either the purchase of its shares, or the purchase of its assets.

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