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Contact Your Advocate! Information for contacting your Taxpayer Advocate Service. The Taxpayer Advocate Service is Your Voice at the IRS! TAS can help you if your tax problem is causing financial difficulty or hasn’t been resolved through normal IRS channels. Taxes – What You Need to Know – Responsibilities & Benefits! Filing and paying your federal taxes correctly and on time is an important part of living and working in the United States. Understanding the way taxes work and the role of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can make it easier to get - and stay - out of tax trouble. This tool kit is an easy-to-read toolkit designed to help people understand taxes. Low Income Taxpayer Clinics! LITCs are qualifying organizations that provide representation for free or a nominal fee to low income taxpayers involved in tax disputes with the IRS. Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP)! The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel listens to taxpayers, identifies taxpayers issues and makes suggestions for improving IRS service and customer satisfaction. What Is Systemic Advocacy? The Taxpayer Advocate Service not only helps individual and business taxpayers settle disputes with the IRS, but also tries to repair the larger, systemic flaws that cause trouble for taxpayers and IRS employees alike. National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers FY 2010 Objectives Report to Congress! National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson delivered a report to Congress that identifies the priority issues the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate will address in the coming fiscal year. National Taxpayer Advocate Congressional Testimony! National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson testifies about Issues Affecting Financially Struggling Taxpayers. Evolution of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate The Taxpayer Advocate Service has an interesting history. See how TAS has evolved! Taxpayer Advocate Service E-FOIA The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, provides public access to agency records unless protected from disclosure by one of the FOIA’s nine exemptions or three exclusions. The FOIA applies to records created by federal agencies and does not cover records held by Congress, the courts, or state and local government agencies. |
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