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Is IRS Correspondence Broken?

As a tax professional with quite a few clients, our clients receive IRS notices. Much of this correspondence (not all, but a large portion) has to be responded to.  My three most recent cases are making me think there are … Continue reading

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An Identity Protection Unit Saga: Part 6

When last we left the saga of my client and his tax year 2020 refund, we were waiting for a call from the Taxpayer Advocate Office.  Well, we received the callback and my client’s refund check was issued last Friday.  … Continue reading

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An IRS Identity Protection Unit Saga: Part 5

When I last updated this saga (on September 22nd), I hadn’t heard a thing from the IRS or my request for the Taxpayer Advocate Office to take a look at the missing refund for my client (call him John Smith).  … Continue reading

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At Least The IRS Could Find 95% of the Returns…

Two items crossed my in-box within a few minutes of each other this morning. The first was a blog post from the National Taxpayer Advocate requesting that Congress give multi-year funding for modernizing IRS computer systems. The second was a … Continue reading

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Where I Agree (In Part) With IRS Commissioner John Koskinen

It’s rare for me to agree with IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. However, he spoke to some tax practitioners today and I do agree with some of what he said. From Accounting Today: Once again, Congress has been working on legislation … Continue reading

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It’s Nice to Know I’m Right, But…

I’ve written on a few occasions about my battles with the IRS over incorrectly assessed Failure to File and Failure to Pay penalties. (See here, here, and here.) As I noted in the last post linked to above, I submitted … Continue reading

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“The IRS Has Failed to Provide Effective and Timely Assistance to Victims of Identity Theft”

That’s not just my opinion, it’s the opinion of the National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina Olson. Most tax professionals who have run into identity theft can relate horror stories. Jason Dinesen, an Enrolled Agent in Iowa, has been dealing with an … Continue reading

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