{"id":110184,"date":"2023-04-11t12:58:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-11t16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=110184"},"modified":"2024-08-07t23:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08t03:09:26","slug":"irs-let-the-sun-shine-in-and-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2023\/04\/11\/irs-let-the-sun-shine-in-and-out\/","title":{"rendered":"irs: let the sun shine in … and out"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>we need clear answers, not just an info dump.<\/strong><\/p>\n by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\n could the internal revenue service be a little more transparent?<\/p>\n more: <\/b>survey: busy season looking good<\/a> | irs has big plans for its $80 billion<\/a> | can\u2019t irs tax pro accounts do more?<\/a> | hello? irs? anybody home?<\/a> | taxpayer assistance centers need upgrade<\/a> | at the irs, short on staff means short on service<\/a> national taxpayer advocate erin m. collins thinks so, and her reasons go beyond mere functionality. collins is questioning four essential areas of transparency:<\/p>\n inflation reduction act funding<\/strong><\/p>\n the irs is scheduled to receive tens of billions in new funding over the next decade from the inflation reduction act. for taxpayers, practitioners, watchdogs and other stakeholders to have confidence in irs operations, collins says, they need to know how the irs is spending these funds. they have such questions as:<\/p>\n collins wants to see an open, public, living document that presents an operational plan as it changes over time.<\/p>\n transparency of status<\/strong><\/p>\n over the past several years, millions of taxpayers have suffered delays in return processing and refunds. many are somewhere between anxious and infuriated as they see their returns disappear into the dark hole of the irs, there to remain for months with no explanation of the delays.<\/p>\n in 2022, taxpayers accessed the online where\u2019s my refund tool 557.2 million times and where\u2019s my amended return? 20.8 million times. these are nice tools, except that answers are all but useless. it\u2019s either \u201creturn received,\u201d return approved\u201d or \u201crefund sent.\u201d<\/p>\n the information taxpayers and practitioners really need is in the gaps between those vague answers.<\/p>\n the irs has made a few improvements to the where\u2019s my refund tool, but it still can\u2019t give a taxpayer an explanation of delays or an estimate of future progress. improvements have been proposed, but implementation is contingent on funding.<\/p>\n imagine a dashboard<\/strong><\/p>\n collins has suggested that the irs develop an online dashboard where taxpayers and other stakeholders can monitor overall progress on the processing of returns. taxpayers and practitioners might be more comfortable if they could see that progress is happening, even if only in general numbers. oversight organizations would be able to monitor the national status and demand explanations.<\/p>\n imagine answers<\/strong><\/p>\n the irs has been very generous with information. taxpayers and practitioners have access to 41,000 webpages of guidance that would be useful to anyone who can navigate to the answer they are looking for. because each irs operating division generates its own set of webpages, there is much duplication of information \u2013 not all of it consistent, not all of it user-friendly, not all of it interlinked, and the information isn\u2019t even complete.<\/p>\n reading through 41,000 webpages can be exhausting, frustrating and fruitless. erin collins says taxpayers might have an easier time of it if a reasonably intelligent chatbot could help them navigate to the answer they\u2019re looking for. the technology exists. it just doesn\u2019t exist at the irs.<\/p>\n imagine reliable guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n assuming a taxpayer has gone through all 41,000 webpages and read the 2,500 pages of the u.s. tax code and at least flipped through the 75,000 pages of associated rules, regulations, opinions and guidance, can the taxpayer have confidence in the reliability of what what he or she has gleaned?<\/p>\n nope.<\/p>\n most irs guidance, such as instruction publications, and frequently asked questions, is considered \u201cinformal.\u201d reliance on that information might stand as a defense when a return is questioned, but then again, it might not.<\/p>\n internal revenue bulletins are considered \u201cformal\u201d and can be relied on in an audit or penalty relief situation.<\/p>\n many irs publications, however, are of unclear reliability. nothing in most publications specifies reliability.<\/p>\n collins sees a lot of room for improvement here.<\/p>\n imagine foreseeing changes<\/strong><\/p>\n the irs is constantly updating its rules, regulations, notices, rulings and procedures. these changes don\u2019t happen overnight. they develop over time. wouldn\u2019t it be nice if taxpayers \u2013 and, especially, tax practitioners \u2013 could readily see what\u2019s coming down the pike and when it\u2019s expected to arrive?<\/p>\n all of the above is feasible. the technology exists. the funding is on the way. let\u2019s hope we can see and comment on how it\u2019s spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nin her annual report to congress, a critique of the irs\u2019s most serious problems, collins wrote, \u201cany failure of the irs to fully embrace providing access and transparency risks eroding the public\u2019s confidence in the irs, thereby threatening the bedrock principle upon which tax administration is based \u2013 taxpayers voluntarily complying through self-assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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