IRS Nat'l Taxpayer Advocate Rept to Congress
by Guest Blogger, 7/12/2005
The IRS's primary objective should be strengthening voluntary compliance,
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson counseled in a new report to Congress.
The report, delivered July 8, takes the IRS to task for its "laudable"
but "very narrow" focus on enforcing tax laws. Olson has repeatedly
expressed concern about the direction that the IRS is taking under
Commissioner Mark Everson's enforcement-heavy agenda for the agency. The IRS's current mindset conflicts with the agency's mission as set forth in the reforms of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA 98), according to Olson.
Check out the report!
