Today's New York Times reports that critics say the IRS' private tax collection program, slated to start on September 7, "has so many pitfalls that they were urging debtors to insist on negotiating directly with the agency." This strategy, the story reveals, has been adopted by the NTEU: The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents employees of the agency and opposes the program, has drafted a sample letter that taxpayers can send to leave the private collection program and demand that the agency handle their cases. .