Taxpayers receive Notice or Letter from the IRS for various reasons, ranging from asking for identification, urging for interest, or returning taxes to taxpayers. Taxpayers are inevitably caught off guard or don't know how to deal with them. According to the experience of American accountants, taxpayers who want to communicate with IRS personnel, clarify problems or fight for rights and interests through the contact information notified often waste time or are often turned away. It is suggested that taxpayers can lodge a remedy with the "Taxpayer Advocate Service" and appoint an American accountant to contact its Commissioner.

American Taxpayer Advocate Service (Taxpayer Advocate Service)

The American taxpayer assistance service is called "TAS" for short, which is an independent American government agency and compiled in the US Internal Revenue Service. It aims to protect taxpayers' rights and interests, help taxpayers understand their tax rights and interests, ensure that taxpayers are treated fairly under the tax system, and help taxpayers solve their tax problems. TAS? Will first understand the taxpayer's dispute cases, and send a dedicated case service specialist to help taxpayers deal with tax issues, TAS? Commissioner will contact IRS personnel on behalf of taxpayers, TAS? In the process of contacting and inquiring with the IRS personnel, the Commissioner will further understand whether the administrative procedures of the IRS are missing or unfair. In order to help taxpayers deal with tax problems, TAS? The Commissioner will check the basic data with the taxpayer and ask for relevant tax data, etc., and will take the initiative to report the situation of the case office to the taxpayer so that the taxpayer can follow up and know the progress of its case handling at any time.

The independence of TAS

TAS? A review report is submitted to the Finance and the House Committee of the US Senate every year. What is the basis of the report? TAS? An improvement report based on the data such as the contents of the cases handled each year and the records of the contacts with IRS personnel will not be reviewed or reviewed by any IRS agency before being submitted to the Senate. TAS? It can be said that it is a detached and independent organization, and it adopts a neutral and objective attitude, which can completely reassure taxpayers in terms of independence.

TAS? Scope of service (note)

The service content of this unit can be said to be varied. Any taxpayer's tax problems can be asked or assisted by this unit. The author lists several tax problems that taxpayers are easy to face here, as follows. TAS? Can provide relief:

1. facing tax audit (Audits by Mail or in Person)

2. Tax Audit Reconsideration (Audit reconsideration)

3. Levy

4. Lien on property

5. Mistake on tax return &; Amending

6. Tax Refund Related Issues (Refund)

TAS's work flow

Contact the taxpayer? TAS? After seeking assistance on tax issues, TAS? The case will be assigned to a specific Commissioner, who will contact the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative (accountant or lawyer) within seven days. TAS? The Commissioner may ask the taxpayer or his representative for additional tax documents because of the progress of the case, and the taxpayer or his representative must reply? TAS? Commissioner and provide data, if? TAS? The Commissioner has been unable to contact the taxpayer or his representative or obtain the required data. TAS? You can terminate this case directly. In the process? TAS? Will continue to keep in touch with taxpayers or their representatives to ensure that the progress information of the case can be transmitted in real time. However, the estimated closing time of individual tax cases will vary according to their contents, and the processing time will be mainly affected by the differences in the handling attitude and administrative procedures of the IRS for individual cases.

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