AICPA Advocacy

CPAs and other tax professionals can help the Taxpayer Advocate Service identify the most acute problems within the IRS.

In a hearing, the Senate Finance Committee heard recommendations from the AICPA’s Jan Lewis and National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins.

While it works through its return and correspondence backlog, the IRS will not send out certain letters and notices, including for delinquent returns and payments.

The Tax Professionals United for Taxpayer Relief Coalition held an online session to examine possibilities of its four recommendations for improved IRS assistance and taxpayer relief.

The Service deploys an “inventory surge team” to tackle backlog while a coalition of tax professionals including the AICPA continues its call for specific relief measures.

The IRS said it will halt some notices to taxpayers, but the AICPA is asking it to do more to reduce erroneous automated notices and unnecessary taxpayer contact.