Tax Blog

Your writer has been dealing with tax disputes for over 40 years, and believes that the two most important developments for taxpayers were the passage of the 1998 IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, and the creation of the Taxpayer Advocate Service ("TAS," formerly known as the "Problem Resolution Office" and the "Ombudsman").  The Advocate created to assist taxpayers where, for lack of a better term, the system simply was not working properly, and for most of its existence has done a wonderful job.

Well, that organization's health now appears to be in peril.  IRS Commissioner Shulman has ...