NTA Blog: Update on IRS Progress in Working Through Its Backlog of Paper-Filed Tax Returns and Correspondence (Part Three)

November 10, 2022 -This is Part Three of a blog series on IRS Processing and my recent experience at the IRS’s Kansas City campus, where I had the privilege of working alongside mailroom employees. Update on IRS Progress in Working … Read More

NTA Blog: My Recent Kansas City Campus Experience (Part Two)

November 2, 2022 – As discussed in Part One, I, together with several other IRS executives, had the honor to work side by side with employees in the extraction mailroom at the IRS’s Kansas City campus. As discussed in Part … Read More

NTA Blog: My Recent Kansas City Campus Experience (Part One)

November 1, 2022 – Earlier this month, I spent a week at the IRS campus in Kansas City helping campus employees and surge teams to process the IRS’s paper inventory backlog. Earlier this month, I spent a week at the … Read More

TAS Tax Tip: File Your 2021 Tax Return to Claim Certain Credits Before Time Runs Out to Use IRS Free File Options!

October 28, 2022 – The Taxpayer Advocate Service shares information to help taxpayers claim credits on their 2021 tax returns.   Hurry – time is running out to claim your credits on your 2021 federal income tax return using the … Read More

TAS Tax Tip: Tax resources for individuals filing a federal income tax return for the first time

October 27, 2022 – The Taxpayer Advocate Service shares information to help first-time filers meet their federal tax obligations. Every year brings new people into the workforce. The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) wants to reach individuals filing tax returns for … Read More

TAS Tax Tip: Did IRS adjust your charitable contribution deduction?

October 26, 2022 – The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act enacted March 27, 2020, permits taxpayers to deduct up to 100 percent of their adjusted gross income (AGI), for qualified contributions made during calendar year 2020. The … Read More

NTA Blog: How to Identify the IRS’s Broad Penalty Relief Initiative and Other Helpful Tips for Understanding Tax Account Transcripts: Part Two

September 29, 2022 – Part Two continues with more helpful tips I hope you will find useful when trying to understand IRS transcripts. How to Identify the IRS’s Broad Penalty Relief Initiative and Other Helpful Tips for Understanding Tax Account … Read More

TAS Tax Tip: Get Current on Your Federal Taxes

September 14, 2022 – Part of your Mid-Year Tax Checkup should include seeing whether you have any overdue tax returns and making sure you file them as soon as possible.  If you’re not sure whether you are required to file, … Read More

TAS Tax Tip: What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for You

September 12, 2022 – The Inflation Reduction Act, which includes expanded or extended tax credits and additional funding for the IRS, was signed into law on August 16, 2022. How could the Inflation Reduction Act impact you when filing your … Read More

NTA Blog: Improving Services to Taxpayers With Visual Disabilities

September 08, 2022 -Millions of U.S. taxpayers are visually impaired and unable to read print material in a standard font size. As a result of a settlement agreement between the IRS and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) on … Read More