{"id":109210,"date":"2023-03-06t11:58:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-06t16:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=109210"},"modified":"2024-08-07t23:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08t03:09:37","slug":"taxpayer-assistance-centers-need-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2023\/03\/06\/taxpayer-assistance-centers-need-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"taxpayer assistance centers need upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"portrait<\/a>even if they get an appointment, taxpayers are limited to one issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\n

taxpayer assistance centers were a great idea that have somehow managed to stumble into quasi-dysfunctionality.<\/p>\n

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ideally, taxpayers should be able to show up at a tac with their papers and count on good advice and assistance. they should even be able to have their paper returns scanned and filed electronically.<\/p>\n

but no. inevitably, this, too, got screwed up.
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\nstill understaffed<\/strong><\/p>\n

some of the blame goes to our little pal, the coronavirus. like offices across the country, tacs got shut down or stripped to a skeletal crew.<\/p>\n

but now most of them have reopened. last year, 358 were operating. this year, it\u2019s up to 361. some even offer expanded hours and services through the taxpayer experience day and community assistance visits.<\/p>\n

unfortunately, many of the centers are still understaffed, some with only a single technical employee. the irs has a two-year plan (yes, two years!) to expand staffing to reasonable levels.<\/p>\n

and even if a tac has adequate staff, getting an appointment isn\u2019t easy. you can\u2019t just walk right in, sit right down. you need to make an appointment.<\/p>\n

in a more advanced nation, making an appointment wouldn\u2019t be too hard. you make a quick phone call. or you go online and sign up at a website.<\/p>\n

but this is america. you can make an appointment on the irs\u2019 web service delivery (websd) site, yes, but first you have to call and talk with an assistor, or go to a tac and make an appointment to come back some other time.<\/p>\n

good luck<\/strong><\/p>\n

good luck with the phone call. last year, out of 10,779,159 calls to the nation\u2019s single tac appointment line, 9,592,307 failed to get through to an entity with a pulse. of the 1,186,852 who got through, 686,123 got an appointment. (the others either got their problem resolved on the phone or couldn\u2019t settle on an appointment date.)<\/p>\n

assuming you get through, good luck with websd. appointments on websd are limited to taxpayers with a single issue from a short list of eligible issues. two issues? too bad.<\/p>\n

one of the main reasons so few taxpayers use websd \u2013 besides the requisite and impossible phone call and a one-issue limit \u2013 is that few even know about it.<\/p>\n

another reason for scarce use is that websd doesn\u2019t offer much in the way of service. one big service not offered would be identity verification activities associated with the taxpayer protection program (tpp). currently, those activities have to be done in either of two ways:<\/p>\n