Taxpayer interactions with Internal Revenue Service officers and other IRS employees can involve very high-stakes tax issues. IRS workers can have a lot of power within these interactions. So, what happens in these interactions and how responsibly IRS employees act in...
Month: October 2017
Data breaches and concerns regarding tax ID theft
In recent years, the news has been full of reports of data breaches. So, data security and the risk of the theft of one’s personal information may be on the front of many people’s minds these days.Given the major role personal information plays in the tax...
Can interest on federal tax debt be reduced?
There are many reasons why leaving a federal tax debt unaddressed for a long period of time can be very problematic for a taxpayer. One is that unpaid federal tax debts gather interest. This interest generally gathers daily. It applies to the underlying debt and the...
Do Americans hate taxes?
Taxes can put burdens on a person. This is among the things that might lead some to assume that Americans, generally, hate taxes. However, data and research paint a different picture on how Americans view taxes.For one, it appears that a large majority of Americans...
