NTA Testifies Before Congress on Tax Fraud and Identity Theft

National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson testified before the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 8, 2012, about tax fraud and identity theft. Read her testimony. For more tax information...

IRS Accepting Applications for Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) Grants

The IRS announced today the opening of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) grant application period. The LITC program awards matching grants of up to $100,000 per year to qualifying organizatio...

Taxpayer Advocate Service at the 2012 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums

New information about Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) seminars and focus groups at the 2012 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums is now available on the TAS at the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums page on the Tax ...

National Taxpayer Advocate Testifies Before Congress on Tax Compliance and Identity Theft

National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson testified before Congress on April 19, 2012, about tax compliance and identity theft. Watch a video of her testimony  or read her testimony. For m...

NTA Talks Tax Code Complexity on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal

National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson discussed the complexity of the tax code, tax issues facing taxpayers and the role of the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) on C-SPAN’s Washington ...

Last-Minute Filing Tips from the IRS

As Tax Day approaches, the IRS has posted information about what you should do if you can’t file or pay your tax debt by the April 17 deadline. In addition, the IRS has posted YouTube video...

NTA Nina Olson proposes a prescription for curing IRS’s ailing correspondence examination process

National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson proposes a prescription to cure the IRS’s ailing correspondence examination process, using technology to communicate more effectively with taxpay...

Video of Recent NTA Testimony Now Available; Enrolled Agent Renewal Cards May Be Delayed

Video of National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson’s recent testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth is now available. In addition, the IRS re...

NTA Testifies on Identity Theft; IRS Launches New Tool

National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson testified about identity theft before the Senate Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth on March 20, 2012. You can read her testimon...

National Taxpayer Advocate’s Blog Post Questions Effectiveness of IRS Audits

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson questions whether correspondence examinations (or audits) are as effective as the IRS thinks in a new blog post on the National Taxpayer Advocate’s Blo...