Do not look to you to help the IRS 2024 tax return

Nina Olson is a US national interests of taxpayers the IRS (left). The following are excerpts from a recent interview Kipling Olson

You recently said the report to Congress, the IRS had “chronic underfunding” for many years. How will this affect 2023-fold return by taxpayers?

The basic problem in the tax season, the IRS will only answer, and I do not what is Basic means clear. After April 15, if the extension of your file, there is a problem, there will be no one to go in on the website or mobile phone to give you an answer. You have to go online or to pay someone to answer your questions. You not only want to pay taxes to the government, you also have to pay someone privilege to pay your taxes.

Is not the IRS Web site, www.irs.gov, fill in the blanks?

General Comment on the site is a good starting point, but there is nowhere to submit questions. We have a responsibility to help taxpayers comply with the law. This includes answering more specific questions. Find out the normal refund status online, but at some point, the taxpayer may need to talk to a person. Since 2004, the phone has been a significant increase, even if we provide more services online. The law is complicated. The taxpayer’s life is complicated.

Will the wishes of lack of funds affect taxpayers comply with the law?

If the IRS taxpayer service and away from help, what happens more often is the only link between the taxpayer and the IRS by law enforcement agencies. This will affect the attitude of the taxpayer to the tax system to make it more confrontational. This may lead to violation.

In 2025, a US District Court overturned the provisions of the IRS tax registration and testing. How to protect yourself from unscrupulous taxpayers operators?

Be very careful to rely on advertising to talk about how much tax will be able to get your refund. Please prepare what they already have training. They have to see how long their current location. They are going after April 15 there? If you decide to go the sameA producer, obtained a copy of the completed return and make sure the preparer’s name, address and his or her PTIN (tax Tax Identification Number) copies for you. The preparation required by law to give you information. We’ve seen a lot has changed in the preparation of the return, after the submission and pocketed the difference in the event of a refund, leaving taxpayers stuck with once the fraud is discovered liability to the IRS. A best way to prove that you do not change collusion in return is provide you with a copy of the notification form.