IRS Tax Advocate Service for Accountants​
 
Date: 2/24/26
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
CPE Credit: 2 hours

The course provides a concise overview of the IRS Tax Advocate Service (TAS), an independent office within the Internal Revenue Service. The office helps taxpayers resolve problems with the agency. To qualify for this personal assistance, taxpayers must be experiencing economic harm, incurring significant cost, have waited more than 30 days to resolve their tax issue, or have not yet received a response or resolution to the issue by the date that was promised by the IRS.


Topics Covered

• TAS operations snapshot
• Agency history
• Qualification criteria
• When TAS can’t help
• How to contact TAS and make your case
• TAS taxpayer bill of rights
• Taxpayer roadmaps through the tax system
• TAS systemic initiatives

Learning Objectives:

• Review leading TAS objectives, policies, processes and outcomes.
• Discover how practitioners can work with the TAS to resolve client issues with the IRS.
• Explore how accountants can assist the TAS in identifying systemic issues within the IRS and propose remedies.