Upon reading this article, sounds like the IRS wants to deter TP's from calling the IRS by scaling back phone help thus directing them to their website.
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A call to the toll-free number for EIN's in December yielded a recorded message that the phone service would no longer be available after 12/31/15. -
This report says a lot more. It is from the Tax Advocate office. Some of the things included are:Originally posted by Burke View Post
The IRS is upping their TP on line services and shutting down phone access to them, as well as walk-in access.
The are proposing charging TP's for using the services on line or referring TPs to pros to deal with the issues.
There is much more and it is a very informative read.Believe nothing you have not personally researched and verified.Comment
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When is the Taxpayer Advocate going to report on Congress' efforts to hurt the taxpayer?"You said it, they'll never know the difference. Come on, we'll paint our way out!" - Moe HowardComment
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That stuff gets in the report as well.Originally posted by Rapid Robert View Post
"What is driving the IRS to think this way and go down this path of a two-class tax system? To some
extent, the IRS is a victim of its own apparent efficiency at moving masses of data and work, as evidenced
by the fact that Congress has continued to hand it major new programs to administer including
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)26 and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA).
27 After five years of overall budget decreases, the IRS FY 2016 budget provides for much
needed increases in taxpayer service funding, but it still leaves the IRS budget almost 19 percent below
its FY 2010 funding level in inflation-adjusted terms,28 and it does not even begin to account for the additional
costs the IRS incurred to implement the ACA and FATCA."
From the executive summary.Comment
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Yeah, but somehow it doesn't get into the USA Today news article.Originally posted by David1980 View Post"You said it, they'll never know the difference. Come on, we'll paint our way out!" - Moe HowardComment
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Very bad stuff
This is bad from the very conception of the thought process.
Removes IRS from even more accountability to do their job. They can't handle all the negatives resulting from the phone hang-ups and ineffective administration over the phone, so they just get rid of their phones, right?
And a user fee for taxpayers to straighten out a mess most likely caused by the IRS to begin with?
In reality, no one is willing to live with the laws of cause and effect. Time to entertain thoughts about actions to do about the situation.Comment
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Congress has to be willing to fund them before any improvement will be obtained. You can't get blood out of a turnip. I am sure there are those representatives who want to eliminate the IRS. Then who is going to collect their money for them?Comment
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I believe their report also goes to Congress.Originally posted by Rapid Robert View PostBelieve nothing you have not personally researched and verified.Comment
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