Each year, the IRS National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) issues their Annual Report to Congress. This report is great reading for taxpayers who want to know common disagreements and issues between the IRS and taxpayers. Included in the report are the ten most serious problems (MSP) at the IRS as it relates to taxpayer rights. Many [...]
For taxpayers and tax professionals who are trying to resolve tax problems/issues, these days are trying times. The IRS is extremely backlogged in processing and resolving most post-filing issues. IRS resources provide little help in understanding what is going on with your case at the IRS. IRS transcripts that are available to taxpayers and their [...]
The IRS does issue an annual press release of its latest enforcement priorities. However, taxpayers can glean IRS compliance enforcement interest areas based on many IRS statements and studies over the past few years. IRS compliance enforcement actions have decreased significantly since 2010. However, those days appear to be over. In fact, in 2019, the [...]
When taxpayers owe the IRS and are not in an arrangement to pay (extension to pay, payment plan, currently not collectible status, or an offer in compromise), they can be subject to a levy of their income and assets. One of the most common forms of levy is the “wage garnishment.” Since July 2018, the [...]
Is the IRS getting more serious about enforcing collection of back taxes through levies? After years of less IRS Collection enforcement activity, the answer appears to be "yes." On July 17, 2018, the IRS announced that they restarted issuing levies from its automated collection systems. The last 9 years have seen an overall reduction in levies [...]
Millions of taxpayers each year cannot pay their taxes. In 2015, there were almost 16 million individual taxpayer who owed the IRS. Each year, between 4-5 million taxpayers have to get an installment agreement, extension to pay, or another more complicated IRS collection alternative to full payment. This can be a time-consuming process. How long [...]
If a taxpayer has a dispute, they can go to the IRS Office of Appeals to get an independent review of their case. IRS Appeals is available for almost any IRS dispute. In 2018, IRS data shows that 94,832 taxpayers used IRS appeals to get a second opinion at the IRS. 87% of all IRS [...]
Are you self-employed and owe taxes to the IRS? Maybe you aren’t self-employed. Millions of workers each year are unsure of their worker status – that is, are they an employee of the company they work for or are they an independent contractor (an “IC”). Worker status is not a new tax issue, but it [...]
If you cannot pay your taxes, the IRS may have put you in currently not collectible status (IRS calls this "CNC" or "Status 53"). What this means is that you cannot pay now, but you may be able to pay later. The question for most who obtain this status is: when will the IRS start [...]
The IRS released its 2019 Filing Season Data as of 4/5/2019. So far, with 10 days remaining, the 2019 season looks a lot like 2018. Total returns and refunds are close to last year's numbers. IRS Filing Season 2019 Data: 4/5/2019 Last week, The IRS received over 10 million returns - and, as expected, 2/3rds [...]
