E-FILE YOUR TAX RETURNS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE April 15, 2022 John A. Cocklereece, Jr. Tax Controversy Law The National Taxpayer Advocate is a separate branch of the IRS that seeks to improve IRS service and assist taxpayers who encounter problems that they cannot resolve through regular channels. The NTA has a blog that discusses matters of importance to taxpayers, In a recent blog post [see below], the NTA stressed the importance of filing your tax returns electronically, if at all possible. A couple of takeaways from the blog post:
What Should You Do if You Receive an IRS Collection Letter? March 16, 2021 Ryan M. Gaylord John A. Cocklereece, Jr. Tax Controversy Law Receiving a tax collection letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can be very stressful, especially if you do not feel that you have the funds to repay the debt.
The IRS "Notice" Nightmare continues... July 16, 2020 John A. Cocklereece, Jr. Tax Controversy Law In an early June post, I mentioned that the pandemic had shut down the IRS, but that they were beginning the process of slowly re-opening. One consequence of the shutdown was that payment and other notices that would have gone out did not go out. As the IRS ramps back up, these "backlogged" notices should have started to go out as early as July 15. One estimate states that there may be as many as 20 million backlogged notices going out.