To gain time to review the situation, a practitioner can request a collection hold and, if this is not granted, request assistance from the
Taxpayer Advocate Service if the collection action will cause the taxpayer harm.
The structure and powers of the
Taxpayer Advocate Service are codified at I.R.C.
This narrow definition of coverage excludes the other ways the tax system touches taxpayers, including the following avenues: "soft" notices, availability of walk-in assistance sites, the
Taxpayer Advocate Service, media messages, and elementary or secondary school education programs.
It's important to remember that the
Taxpayer Advocate Service is not an information source for general IRS questions but a more targeted organization.
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Taxpayer Advocate Service, 2017 Annual Report to Congress, Volume 1, pp.
Constitution [Memorandum for
Taxpayer Advocate Service Employees, p.
A new report by the
Taxpayer Advocate Service, which recommended adoption of Form 1023-EZ, finds that the IRS approves a significant portion of these applications for organizations that do not legally qualify for tax-exempt status.
[check] If a client has become a victim of identity theft, help make a referral to the IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit or the
Taxpayer Advocate Service. It can take over a year to resolve a case.
During FY 2011, the
Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is planning to study the impact of the new reporting requirement more closely and, depending on what the study finds, may propose administrative or legislative recommendations to modify the provision or suggest that Congress consider less burdensome tax gap proposals to replace it.
John Tam, acting area 7 director for the
Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), explained that the TAS is an independent organisation within the IRS, led by the National Taxpayer Advocate that helps individual and business taxpayers resolve problems with he IRS by:
That, I think, is very clearly the foundation of the
Taxpayer Advocate Service when it started out as an ombudsman.