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• National taxpayer advocate's report notes serious problems.

Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate (NTA), has presented her 2009 annual report to Congress. Her bottom-line finding is that "fundamental tax s...

• The Tax Adviser
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 7, July 2010

• National taxpayer advocate warns of IRS mission expansion.

In the introduction to her recent report to Congress, IRS National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson warns that recent expansion of the IRS mission i...

• The Tax Adviser
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 10, October 2010

• The National Taxpayer Advocate

Recognizing the complexity of tax law, both substantive and procedural, the IRS for many years has sought to promote taxpayer compliance and aid taxpayers that experience problems when dealing with the IRS. In 1979, the IRS consolidated and formalized its taxpayer assistance efforts by creating the Office of the Taxpayer Ombudsman. In 1996, ever sensitive to criticism and in an effort to provide better service, the IRS replaced this office with the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate. Taxpayer mistrust and dissatisfaction remained, however, and Congress enacted sweeping reform in the IRS Restructuring Act of 1998, radically overhauling both the IRS organizational structure and the way the agency conducts its business. One significant area of change relates to the Office of the Taxpayer Advo...

• CPA Journal, The
• Vol. 74 Nbr. 7, July 2004

• The national taxpayer advocate's annual report to Congress.

In the second of a two-part piece, this item outlines the recommendations of Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, for legislative reforms to th...

• The Tax Adviser
• Vol. 40 Nbr. 10, October 2009

• Video: National Taxpayer Advocate Releases 2007 Report to Congress:

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Betsy Stephenson for Taxpayer Advocate Service, +1-202- 973-5889

• U.S. Newswire
• February 08, 2008

• National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson helps solve taxpayer problems with IRS.

Editor's Note: This article is the second in our series of interviews with key executives at the IRS. The IRS Restructuring Act of 1998 created the ...

• The National Public Accountant
• Nbr. 2002, July 2002

• The National Taxpayer Advocate's annual report to Congress.

This item recaps the recommendations of Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate, for changes within the IRS as presented in her annual report to Co...

• The Tax Adviser
• Vol. 40 Nbr. 7, July 2009

• Budget Cuts Impede Irs, Watchdog Says

WASHINGTON - Congress is damaging the Internal Revenue Service by shortchanging its budget, making it harder for the agency to help taxpayers, detect fraud and bolster revenue collection even as budget deficits surge, a government watchdog said Wednesday. The imbalance between its workload and its resources is becoming unmanageable," Nina E. Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, wrote in her annual report on the IRS.

• Charleston Gazette
• January 12, 2012

• The National Taxpayer Advocate annual report to congress (FY 2002): A synthesis.

Congress mandates that the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) provide a full and substantive analysis of activities for the year, including a summary of...

• The National Public Accountant
• Nbr. 2003, June 2003

• The National Taxpayer Advocate annual report to congress (FY 2001).

Congress mandates that The National Taxpayer Advocate Office of the IRS provide a full and subtantative analysis of its activities for the year, inclu...

• The National Public Accountant
• Nbr. 2002, July 2002