Today the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced that Erin M. Collins has been appointed National Taxpayer Advocate. Collins succeeds Nina E. Olson, who served as the as National Taxpayer Advocate from 2001 until her retirement last summer. The full text of the press release follows:
Washington – Today, the U.S. Treasury Department and
With tax reform a hot topic in Washington, key Republican lawmakers in Congress are considering a major change to the U.S. tax system: eliminating citizenship-based taxation and moving to a residence-based system, according to a report in today’s Financial Times (subscription required) and also reported by Bloomberg. Under current law, U.S. citizens are taxed
The Internal Revenue Service has once again delayed the start date for implementation of a new law authorizing the State Department to revoke the passports of taxpayers with sizeable tax debts. According to an IRS web site page entitled “Revocation or Denial of Passport in Case of Certain Unpaid Taxes” (updated as of