{"id":53840,"date":"2018-02-05t04:20:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-05t09:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=53840"},"modified":"2024-10-01t09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01t13:35:55","slug":"irs-issues-warning-private-debt-collectors-tax-season-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2018\/02\/05\/irs-issues-warning-private-debt-collectors-tax-season-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"irs warns about private debt collectors for tax season 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
what accountants can do to help.\u00a0and 20 other problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n by rick telberg<\/em> the internal revenue tax code requires the national tax advocate to prepare an annual report to congress that summarizes at least 20 of the most serious problems encountered by taxpayers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n special report \u2013 fixing the irs<\/strong>: irs #fails at online services spell problems for professionals<\/a> | tax accountants fill the breach of a failing irs<\/a> | beware the ez way out<\/a> | can the irs improve its phone service?<\/a> | when clients face \u2018unreal\u2019 irs audits<\/a> | irs warns about private debt collectors for tax season 2018<\/a> \u00a0| underfunded irs swamped with problems<\/a> | irs in retreat from communities<\/a> | military personnel face new battles at home: the irs<\/a> | as new economy surges, irs falls further behind<\/a> | is the irs winning the battle against identity theft?<\/a> | irs mulls raising fees to cover budget shortfalls<\/a> \u00a0|<\/p>\n more at taxtrendlines.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n exclusively for pro members.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>log in here<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a02022世界杯足球排名 today<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n the irs watchdog solved that<\/em> problem by going thematically. this year it picked five themes and focused on problems relating to them. the themes for the 2017 annual report to congress are:<\/p>\n twenty, it turned out, wasn\u2019t enough. the advocate couldn\u2019t resist going for 21. it ranked them as best it could under such criteria as<\/p>\n #1 top problem<\/strong><\/p>\n accountants, cpas and tax practitioners should be aware of what bobbed up to the top of the ranking under this year\u2019s themes: private debt collection.<\/p>\n in 2015, congress required the irs to start outsourcing its \u201cinactive tax receivables.\u201d and look what happened: in 2017, the irs spent $20 million administering the outsourcing program but collected only $6.7 million in receivables. private collection agencies recouped only 1 percent of the $920 million of inactive debt receivables assigned to them. the irs collected 40 percent as much as the debt collectors simply by sending out a letter informing taxpayers that their debts had been assigned to a collection agency.<\/p>\n that may be a rotten deal for the irs and taxpayers, but there\u2019s good news for the collection agencies. they get their commission whether the taxes were paid due to their own action or that of the irs. pcas can get a commission of up to 25 percent. and the irs (rather than the national treasury) gets to keep another 25 percent.<\/p>\n as predicted by the nta back in 2015, the program fell most heavily on taxpayers suffering economic hardship. of the 4,100 taxpayers who made payments after their debt was outsourced,<\/p>\n the national taxpayer advocate recommended seven corrective actions the irs should take. as for cpa firms and tax preparers, any clients being turned over to a pca should be made aware that either the irs or a pca may be abusing their taxpayer rights. this is a great opportunity for cpas and preparers to put their knowledge to good use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" what accountants can do to help.\u00a0and 20 other problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":53844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2303,3120,1906,2246],"tags":[738],"class_list":["post-53840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tax-season","category-pro-member-exclusive","category-tax-practice","category-busy-season","tag-irs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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