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Olson today released her 37<sup>th<\/sup> and <a title=\"Taxpayer Advocate Service 2020 Objectives Report to Congress\" href=\"https:\/\/taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/ObjectivesReport2020\" data-entity-uuid=\"b78bd415-e874-463b-a046-c335d12718b3\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-substitution=\"pup_linkit_media\">final report to Congress<\/a> in advance of her previously announced retirement on July 31. In the preface, Olson reflects on her 18 years in the job and provides her assessment of the key challenges facing the IRS and the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) in the coming years. The report also presents a review of the 2019 filling season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am enormously grateful for the opportunity I have had to advocate on behalf of our nation\u2019s taxpayers,\u201d Olson wrote. \u201cAmazingly, despite the challenges of complying with our multi-million-word tax code, more than 150 million individual taxpayers and more than 10 million business entities do their civic duty every year by filing income tax returns with the IRS. That is an extraordinary achievement and one we should not take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olson continued: \u201cBut even as the system works for most taxpayers most of the time, it doesn\u2019t work for millions of others. Taxpayer service is woefully inadequate.\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. IRS audit notices are often unclear, leading some taxpayers to \u2018agree\u2019 to assessments by default \u2013 even when they don\u2019t owe the tax. And the IRS doesn\u2019t screen for ability to pay before it takes collection actions, thereby causing or worsening financial hardships for financially vulnerable taxpayers. Advocating for taxpayers affected by problems like these, both individually and collectively, has been and will continue to be the work of TAS.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Key IRS Challenges<\/h2>\n<h3>Taxpayer Service<\/h3>\n<p>The report says poor taxpayer service remains the biggest challenge taxpayers face in dealing with the IRS. As one example, IRS telephone assistors during the recent filing season answered just 25 percent of taxpayer calls enterprise-wide, and hold times for taxpayers who got through averaged 13 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The report points out that the President\u2019s Management Agenda for 2018 emphasized the importance of high-quality customer service. It said: \u201cFederal customers . . . deserve a customer experience that compares to \u2013 or exceeds \u2013 that of leading private sector organizations,\u201d and it cited data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) and the Forrester U.S. Federal Customer Experience Index as key benchmarks.<\/p>\n<p>Those indices show the IRS performs poorly relative to both private sector organizations and other federal agencies.\u00a0 The ACSI report for 2018 ranks the Treasury Department tied for 10th out of 12 Federal Departments and says that \u201cmost [IRS] programs score . . . well below both the economy-wide national ACSI average and the federal government average.\u201d Similarly, the 2019 Forrester report ranks the IRS 13th out of 15 federal agencies and characterizes the IRS\u2019s customer experience score as \u201cvery poor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Taxpayer Advocate\u2019s report says the IRS is not taking adequate steps to address its service shortcomings. While the Administration\u2019s budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2020 requested an increase of 5.0\u00a0percent for enforcement, it requested a decrease of 6.6\u00a0percent in taxpayer services funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis approach is tantamount to robbing Peter to pay Paul,\u201d Olson wrote. \u201cThere is no doubt that budget constraints have limited the IRS\u2019s taxpayer service capacity, but the IRS should not blame Congress for a lack of taxpayer services funding when it is itself proposing to shift funding away from taxpayer services. What\u2019s more, budget constraints can\u2019t be used as an all-purpose excuse for mediocrity. The Taxpayer First Act directs the IRS to develop a comprehensive customer service strategy within one year. The IRS should use that requirement as an opportunity to think creatively about better ways to truly put \u2018taxpayers first.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Appropriate Use of Self-Service Applications<\/h3>\n<p>In its FY 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, the IRS established the \u201cEnterprise Self-Assistance Participation Rate\u201d as one of its principal measures of taxpayer service. According to the IRS, \u201c[t]his measures the percent of instances where a taxpayer uses one of the IRS\u2019s self-assistance service channels (i.e., automated calls, web services) versus needing support from an IRS employee (i.e., face-to-face, over the phone, via paper correspondence).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Taxpayer Advocate\u2019s report cites survey data from Forrester Research and a separate survey recently published in the Harvard Business Review that, in combination, indicate customers who use the Internet are comfortable with self-assistance for some categories of interactions but prefer personal contact (by phone or in person) for others, particularly those that involve uncertainty and complex decision-making known to provoke anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApplying these findings to the IRS, with its awesome investigation, audit, and collection powers,\u201d Olson wrote, \u201cit is clear that every interaction with the agency has the potential to be anxiety-inducing. This observation has led me to develop what I call the <i>Taxpayer Anxiety Index <\/i>as a methodology for analyzing how the IRS should structure its interactions with the taxpayer. Simply put, <i>as the anxiety-inducing capacity of a given interaction increases, so should the taxpayer\u2019s access to person-to-person interaction<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Taxpayer Advocate\u2019s 2018 Annual Report to Congress contained \u201croadmaps\u201d that pinpoint the stages of a taxpayer\u2019s \u201cjourney\u201d though the tax system. Using the roadmaps, today\u2019s report says, \u201cwe can easily identify where the taxpayer\u2019s anxiety increases and human intervention is warranted. For example, in our Return Processing Roadmap, if a taxpayer\u2019s refund return gets bogged down in Identity Theft processes or in the pre-refund wage verification program, these delays cause anxiety. Where the taxpayer\u2019s refund gets stopped for multiple delays, anxiety skyrockets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report urges the IRS to use the \u201cTaxpayer Anxiety Index\u201d concept to determine where in the process personal contact is most needed and to continue to provide personal service in these circumstances.<\/p>\n<h3>Treatment of Financially Vulnerable Taxpayers<\/h3>\n<p>The Internal Revenue Code and the IRS\u2019s own procedures contain rules designed to protect taxpayers experiencing economic hardship from IRS collection action. For example, the IRS must release a levy if it determines the levy \u201cis creating an economic hardship due to the financial condition of the taxpayer,\u201d and the IRS must make allowance for a taxpayer\u2019s basic living expenses (known as \u201cAllowable Living Expenses\u201d) when considering whether to compromise a tax debt.<\/p>\n<p>However, the IRS generally does not assess whether there is economic hardship unless and until the taxpayer asks it to do so. In particular, it does not attempt to determine whether a taxpayer is experiencing an economic hardship <strong>before<\/strong> accepting full-pay installment agreements or serving levies. As a result, the report says, taxpayers entered into about 2.1\u00a0million streamlined installment agreements in FY 2018, and about 40 percent of those taxpayers had incomes at or below their Allowable Living Expenses. The default rate for those taxpayers was 39 percent\u00a0\u2013 about seven times the default rate for taxpayers with higher incomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he IRS collection system favors knowledgeable taxpayers who understand how to request collection alternatives and, at least in relative terms, discriminates against taxpayers who don\u2019t have that knowledge,\u201d Olson wrote. \u201cThat is not the way a fair tax system should work, and it needs to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report makes two recommendations. First, it recommends that the IRS create an algorithm based on its internal data (tax returns, Forms W-2, and Forms 1099) to identify taxpayers at risk of economic hardship; then, if a taxpayer so identified calls the IRS or seeks to enter into an online installment agreement, the IRS could use that data to trigger a \u201cpop-up\u201d screen noting the possibility of economic hardship and providing information about collection alternatives. Second, the report recommends the IRS send a letter describing collection alternatives to taxpayers who its data show are at risk of economic hardship before it levies against their property. \u201cA clear letter would go a long way toward leveling the playing field by providing the same information to all affected taxpayers,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n<h2>Filing Season Review<\/h2>\n<p>For most taxpayers, the 2019 filing season went smoothly. The IRS received about 137 million individual income tax returns and issued about 96 million refunds, with an average refund amount of $2,725. About 92 percent of returns were filed electronically, and about 87 percent of taxpayers who received refunds elected to receive them via direct deposit. These statistics are comparable to the prior year.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, service levels declined for taxpayers who required assistance from the IRS. The IRS\u2019s benchmark \u201cLevel of Service\u201d (LOS) on its Accounts Management telephone lines dropped from 80 percent during the 2018 filing season to 67 percent this year. Time spent on hold on those lines rose from an average of 5.1 minutes to 9.0 minutes. Part of the decline is likely attributable to the partial government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The report says the IRS utilizes narrow performance measures that suggest the agency is performing well but do not reflect the taxpayer experience. Notwithstanding the IRS benchmark measure showing an LOS of 67 percent on its Accounts Management lines, IRS telephone assistors answered only 23 percent of calls received. For taxpayers calling the compliance telephone lines (which are separate from the Accounts Management lines), performance was worse. The LOS on the various Automated Collection System lines was 33 percent, and the average hold time was 41 minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>TAS Priority Issues for FY 2020<\/h2>\n<p>The report identifies and discusses 12 priority issues TAS plans to focus on during the upcoming fiscal year. Among the key issues are the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Creation and Online Availability of a Roadmap of Tax Controversies.\u00a0<\/strong> The National Taxpayer Advocate\u2019s 2018 Annual Report to Congress included a series of \u201croadmaps\u201d depicting a taxpayer\u2019s \u201cjourney\u201d through the tax system, including seven stages: (i)\u00a0tax return preparation; (ii)\u00a0tax return processing; (iii)\u00a0notices; (iv)\u00a0examinations; (v)\u00a0appeals; (vi)\u00a0collection; and (vii) litigation. The purpose was to help taxpayers gain a better understanding of the tax administration process, particularly when they are experiencing problems. Since publication of the 2018 report, TAS has continued to develop ways to represent the taxpayer\u2019s journey visually by placing the stages in the format of a metro or subway map. The map is expected to be released next month.Because of the complexity and number of steps at each stage, the original roadmaps simplified certain processes by omitting multiple sub-steps and detours that in some situations can be significant. To provide a more complete picture, TAS will be working to develop a fully interactive version of the metro\/subway map in the coming months. When the interactive map is completed, a taxpayer or representative will be able to enter into it at any step and learn more about that step and the surrounding steps. TAS envisions that a taxpayer or representative will be able to input the number of a letter or notice and generate a pop-up window that provides key relevant information, including where in the process the taxpayer is and what the next steps will be.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limitations on Ability of Amish Taxpayers to Receive Full Child Tax Credit Benefits.\u00a0<\/strong> As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Congress imposed a requirement that taxpayers include a Social Security number (SSN) for every qualifying child for whom they claim the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The requirement is intended to block claims by taxpayers whose children do not qualify for SSNs. However, the requirement has also created a conflict with the religious beliefs of the Amish and certain other religious groups. In some cases, religious beliefs prohibit taxpayers from accepting government benefits. As a result, many individuals in the Amish community refrain from accepting Social Security benefits and from obtaining SSNs.\u00a0 The IRS has taken the position that it will not allow full CTC benefits for these taxpayers.Prior to the enactment of the SSN requirement, the IRS utilized a procedure that allowed Amish taxpayers to claim the CTC without placing an identifying number on the dependent line of their returns. Since the enactment of the TCJA SSN requirement, the IRS has created an exception for children who are born and die in the same or consecutive years and thus do not receive SSNs but may be claimed for CTC purposes. Yet the IRS has declined to create an exception for Amish taxpayers. The report summarizes relevant provisions of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and key U.S. Supreme Court decisions establishing the circumstances in which the government must create exceptions to laws of general applicability to accommodate the free exercise of religion.\n<p>In general, the courts subject laws that burden the free exercise of religion to a strict scrutiny test, allowing burdensome provisions to stand only if the government can demonstrate that the application of the burden to a person (i)\u00a0is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and (ii)\u00a0is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. The report argues that barring the Amish from receiving the CTC is not the least restrictive means available because the IRS had previously developed and applied procedures to allow them to receive benefits without an SSN. It also points out that the parents of children who are born and die in the same or consecutive years, while sympathetic, are not a \u201cprotected class\u201d under the law, while persons who do not obtain SSNs because of their religious beliefs are a \u201cprotected class\u201d and are therefore entitled to greater accommodation. During FY 2020, TAS will continue to urge the IRS to allow Amish taxpayers without SSNs to receive full CTC benefits when otherwise eligible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Additional Report Volumes<\/h2>\n<p>The National Taxpayer Advocate will be releasing two additional volumes of this report next month. The first will contain the IRS\u2019s general responses to each of the administrative recommendations the Advocate proposed in her 2018 Annual Report to Congress as well as its specific response to each recommendation. The volume will also contain TAS\u2019s analysis of the IRS\u2019s responses and, in some cases, will detail TAS\u2019s disagreement with the IRS\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>The second additional volume will contain a comprehensive assessment of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and will make recommendations designed to increase the participation rate of eligible taxpayers and reduce overclaims by ineligible taxpayers. During the spring, Professor Leslie Book of the Villanova School of Law, a leading EITC expert, served as a \u201cprofessor in residence\u201d with TAS, and Margot Crandall-Hollick, an EITC expert with the Congressional Research Service, worked with TAS on a detail. Together with TAS\u2019s EITC experts and research staff, they conducted a broad review of existing EITC research and drafted a comprehensive set of recommendations to assist Congress and the IRS in improving the program.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the National Taxpayer Advocate plans to publish the metro\/subway map depicting a taxpayer\u2019s \u201cjourney\u201d through the tax system in July both in digital form and in hard copy.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The National Taxpayer Advocate is required by statute to submit two annual reports to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance. The statute requires these reports to be submitted directly to the Committees without any prior review or comment from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the Secretary of the Treasury, the IRS Oversight Board, any other officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury or the Office of Management and Budget. The first report must identify the objectives of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate for the fiscal year beginning in that calendar year. The second report must discuss at least 20 of the most serious problems encountered by taxpayers, identify the 10 tax issues most frequently litigated in the courts, and make administrative and legislative recommendations to resolve taxpayer problems.<\/p>\n<p>The National Taxpayer Advocate blogs weekly about key issues in tax administration. Click <a title=\"subscribe to Taxpayer Advocate blogs\" href=\"mailto:nta.blog@irs.gov\">here<\/a> to subscribe. Past blogs from the National Taxpayer Advocate can be found <a title=\"Taxpayer Advocate's past blogs\" href=\"https:\/\/taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/about\/nta-blog\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Taxpayer Advocate Service<\/h2>\n<p>The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS that helps taxpayers and protects taxpayer rights. Your local advocate\u2019s number is in your local directory and at <a title=\"Taxpayer Advocate - Contact Us\" href=\"https:\/\/taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/contact-us\">https:\/\/taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/contact-us<\/a>. You can also call TAS toll-free at <a href=\"tel:877-777-4778\">877-777-4778<\/a>. TAS can help if you need assistance in resolving an IRS problem, if your problem is causing financial difficulty, or if you believe an IRS system or procedure isn\u2019t working as it should. Our service is free. For more information about TAS and your rights under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, go to <a title=\"Taxpayer Advocate website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/\" data-entity-uuid=\"317d5d09-fb54-4977-a1df-e653a54521f3\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-substitution=\"pup_linkit_media\">https:\/\/taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov<\/a>. You can get updates on tax topics at <a title=\"YourVoiceAtIRS (Facebook)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/advocate\/the-taxpayer-advocate-service-is-your-voice-at-the-irs\" data-entity-uuid=\"994bf1da-3566-4421-8724-333e3214576e\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-substitution=\"pup_linkit_media\">facebook.com\/YourVoiceAtIRS<\/a>, <a title=\"YourVoiceatIRS (Twitter)\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/YourVoiceatIRS\" data-entity-uuid=\"cc491e27-1a3c-4c39-aa81-f7913521574e\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-substitution=\"pup_linkit_media\">Twitter.com\/YourVoiceatIRS<\/a>, and <a title=\"Taxpayer Advocate (TASNTA) channel on YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/tasnta\" data-entity-uuid=\"4f7c3186-2106-48d0-a2b2-788f93a0d537\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-substitution=\"pup_linkit_media\">YouTube.com\/TASNTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/national-taxpayer-advocate-nina-olson-delivers-her-final-report-to-congress-identifies-priority-challenges-facing-the-irs-and-tas\">https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/national-taxpayer-advocate-nina-olson-delivers-her-final-report-to-congress-identifies-priority-challenges-facing-the-irs-and-tas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson delivers her final report to Congress; identifies priority challenges facing the IRS and TAS | Internal Revenue Service IR-2019-119, June 20, 2019 WASHINGTON \u2014 National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88892,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-general","category-tax-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson delivers her final report to Congress; identifies priority challenges facing the IRS and TAS - Ayoub Sidhum &amp; Co.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ayoub and Associates CPA Firm is a full service Corona CPA firm that provides services in accounting, tax preparation and planning, IRS audit, and sales tax. 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