There are two primary accounting methods used by taxpayers: the cash method and the accrual method. A cash basis taxpayer ...

At the height of the pandemic, between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) received 2,976,415 calls—a 283% increase from the prior 12 months. Those calls were ...

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins has urged Congress to preserve IRS funding for taxpayer service and technology amid Republican scrutiny. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 originally ...

The recent tax season was relatively smooth compared with 2022, but national taxpayer advocate Erin Collins still sees room for growth. The backlog of original paper returns dropped significantly, ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Nina E. Olson, The National Taxpayer Advocate poses for a portrait in the halls of the US Internal Revenue Service building on March 20, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ...

The IRS reduced its backlog of unprocessed original tax returns by 80% from the 2022 to the 2023 tax filing season and improved its phone service, but real and ...

The IRS is far too slow in resolving a major problem for taxpayers, who must wait almost two years for the tax agency to clear up identity theft cases, according to a new report from the National ...

Each taxpayer in the U.S. needs to have a unique nine-digit number that can identify them to the IRS. Many Americans use their Social Security number, or SSN, to confirm their identity on tax returns ...

The Internal Revenue Service is facing an even bigger backlog for this tax season than it did a year ago, with delays creating "unprecedented financial difficulties" for taxpayers, according to a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS boosted taxpayer services through Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act but still faces processing claims from a coronavirus pandemic-era tax credit program and is slow to ...