taxpayer advocate

Nina Olson is the head of the Taxpayer Advocate Service, a supposedly independent branch of the IRS charged with helping taxpayers resolve disputes with the IRS, and come up with ways to improve the way the system works for us.In her latest annual report on ways the tax code is and isn't working,...

While our system of federal taxation may seem burdensome, taxpayers do have many rights when it comes to the process. The IRS does want taxpayers to be informed about their rights so that they can protect themselves.There are many rights for taxpayers at all steps of the tax process, but here are...

How would you feel about the IRS if they apologized to you and sent you money to make up for all your troubles? Plenty of people I know would love it! They've been battered by the IRS, sometimes not because of their own errors. Other times, they have made mistakes but the IRS made it incredibly...