Taxpayer Advocate Proposes IRS Apologies And Payments

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Subject Author Date Taxpayer Advocate Proposes IRS Apologies And Payments William Brenner 01-10-2008  Re: Taxpayer Advocate Proposes IRS Apologies And P... Paul Thomas, CPA 01-10-2008  Re: Taxpayer Advocate Proposes IRS Apologies And P... William Brenner 01-10-2008  Re: Taxpayer Advocate Proposes IRS Apologies And P... Michael 01-12-2008  Re: Taxpayer Advocate Proposes IRS Apologies And P... Harlan Lunsford 01-12-2008  Re: Taxpayer Advocate Proposes IRS Apologies And P... Michael 01-13-2008
Posted by William Brenner on January 10, 2008, 12:30 pm Please log in for more thread options Not a bad idea if they also include oppressed tax preparers -- of which I am not one.<g> However, I shall not hold my breath until it happens. From: washingtonpost.com http://tinyurl.com/3y7hlz The advocate also urged that the outside tax collector program be discontinued. In another web article, it was pointed out that predictions were for collectors to raise between $1.5 and $2.2 billion over the next ten years. The IRS now estimates that the private debt collectors reported gross revenue at $31 million for the 2007 fiscal year. -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Posted by Paul Thomas, CPA on January 10, 2008, 1:40 pm Please log in for more thread options > Not a bad idea if they also include oppressed tax preparers > -- of which I am not one.<g> However, I shall not hold my > breath until it happens. > > From: washingtonpost.com > > http://tinyurl.com/3y7hlz > > The advocate also urged that the outside tax collector program > be discontinued. In another web article, it was pointed out > that predictions were for collectors to raise between $1.5 > and $2.2 billion over the next ten years. The IRS now estimates > that the private debt collectors reported gross revenue at $31 > million for the 2007 fiscal year. Maybe there's a learning curve, and it'll get made up in the later years. -- Paul A. Thomas, CPA Athens, Georgia -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Posted by William Brenner on January 10, 2008, 10:48 pm Please log in for more thread options Paul Thomas, CPA wrote: >> Not a bad idea if they also include oppressed tax preparers >> -- of which I am not one.<g> However, I shall not hold my >> breath until it happens. >> >> From: washingtonpost.com >> >> http://tinyurl.com/3y7hlz >> >> The advocate also urged that the outside tax collector program >> be discontinued. In another web article, it was pointed out >> that predictions were for collectors to raise between $1.5 >> and $2.2 billion over the next ten years. The IRS now estimates >> that the private debt collectors reported gross revenue at $31 >> million for the 2007 fiscal year. > > > > > > Maybe there's a learning curve, and it'll get made up in the later years. > "It (IRS) had estimated yearly collections would reach a midpoint average of about $185 million." Long way to go. -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Posted by Michael on January 12, 2008, 1:37 pm Please log in for more thread options wrote: > Paul Thomas, CPA wrote: > >> Not a bad idea if they also include oppressed tax preparers > >> -- of which I am not one.<g> However, I shall not hold my > >> breath until it happens. > > >> From: washingtonpost.com > > >>http://tinyurl.com/3y7hlz > > >> The advocate also urged that the outside tax collector program > >> be discontinued. In another web article, it was pointed out > >> that predictions were for collectors to raise between $1.5 > >> and $2.2 billion over the next ten years. The IRS now estimates > >> that the private debt collectors reported gross revenue at $31 > >> million for the 2007 fiscal year. > > > Maybe there's a learning curve, and it'll get made up in the later years. > > "It (IRS) had estimated yearly collections would reach a midpoint > average of about $185 million." Long way to go. > > -- > << ------------------------------------------------------- >> > << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> > << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> > << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> > << >> > << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> > << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> > << are atwww.asktax.org. >> > << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> > << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Probably somewhere on this Board but can one of you folks please post a link or the URL where the Taxpayer Advocate proposed this? The National head of TAO or "just" a local TA? I was not aware of this and it may be very relevant to one of my client's imminent seizure of his residence case (which I feel should be closer to apology mode than loss of home mode). Thanks. -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Posted by Harlan Lunsford on January 12, 2008, 2:09 pm Please log in for more thread options Michael wrote: > wrote: >> Paul Thomas, CPA wrote: >>>> Not a bad idea if they also include oppressed tax preparers >>>> -- of which I am not one.<g> However, I shall not hold my >>>> breath until it happens. >>>> From: washingtonpost.com >>>> http://tinyurl.com/3y7hlz >>>> The advocate also urged that the outside tax collector program >>>> be discontinued. In another web article, it was pointed out >>>> that predictions were for collectors to raise between $1.5 >>>> and $2.2 billion over the next ten years. The IRS now estimates >>>> that the private debt collectors reported gross revenue at $31 >>>> million for the 2007 fiscal year. >>> Maybe there's a learning curve, and it'll get made up in the later years. >> "It (IRS) had estimated yearly collections would reach a midpoint >> average of about $185 million." Long way to go. >> >> -- >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> >> << >> >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> >> << are atwww.asktax.org. >> >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> > > Probably somewhere on this Board but can one of you folks please post > a link or the URL where the Taxpayer Advocate proposed this? The > National head of TAO or "just" a local TA? > > I was not aware of this and it may be very relevant to one of my > client's imminent seizure of his residence case (which I feel should > be closer to apology mode than loss of home mode). > > Thanks. > Yes, it was Nina Olsen's annual report which you'll find on the IRS.gov website. ChEAr$, Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Similar Threads Posted Ignorance of the average taxpayer? 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