As I mentioned in a previous post, the IRS has recently come under fire by critics who say that the IRS does not do enough to treat victims of identity theft or to help them minimize the burden of responding to the crime.
Many identity-theft victims and their accountants have complained about IRS delays and miscommunications in resolving their claims. The IRS says that they are working hard to help victims
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Working with the IRS To Resolve the Taxpayer’s Problem
One of the most frequent and frustrating aspects of working with the IRS is being transferred from person to person while trying to resolve a tax related problem. Sometimes, this arises as a result of the practitioner either not understanding the central issue or failing to accurately assess which section of the IRS is responsible for addressing the issue. However, the
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The mission of the IRS is to provide America’s taxpayers with top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.
This is in contrast to the previous Mission Statement which read:
The purpose of the Internal Revenue Service is to collect the proper amount of tax revenue at the least cost, serve the public by continually improving
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Due to Congressional concerns over the growing gap between taxes that should have been collected and taxes that were actually collected, the IRS is moving to reallocate its budget resources. Ultimately, this will be evidenced by a significant increase in IRS personnel and potentially third party collection agencies dedicated to support tax compliance and collection efforts. Recent IRS collection initiatives are yielding increases in both levies and tax revenues collected.
On
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