Recent Coverage
The following are media stories featuring National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) or TAS programs.
- Top 100 People (WebCPA, September 24, 2009)
- IRS extends suspension of tax shelter penalty (Associated Press, September 24, 2009)
- Small-Business Owners Fret Over Large IRS Fines (Wall Street Journal, September 21, 2009)
- Watchdog Growls At IRS' Audits By Mail (Forbes.com, August 20, 2009)
- Tax Preparer Regulation Stirs Up Hornets’ Nest (WebCPA, August 17, 2009)
- National Taxpayer Advocate Reports To US Congress (LawAndTax-News.com, July 7, 2009)
- Federal Advocate Speaks Up for Struggling Taxpayers (About.com, July 2, 2009)
- Taxpayer Advocate to Focus on Tax Preparer Regulation (WebCPA, June 30, 2009)
- Stimulus Law Termed A 'Significant' Challenge For IRS (Dow Jones, June 30, 2009)
- Holding Tax-Preparers Accountable (Washington Post, June 11, 2009)
- IRS May License Tax Preparers to Help Close ‘Tax Gap’ (Bloomberg, June 4, 2009)
- IRS Accepting Applications for Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Grants (IRS News Release, May 22, 2009)
- There Could Be Extra Financial Burden for Those Who Have Lost Homes (Audio News Release, May 14, 2009)
- Nina Olson, IRS National Taxpayer Advocate (C-SPAN, April 13, 2009)
- Navigating a Tax Return Minefield (New York Times, April 11, 2009)
- Day in the Work Life: Taxpayer Advocate (NPR, April 10, 2009)
- We Still Need a Simpler Tax Code (Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2009)
- A Boom for Tax Prep (BusinessWeek, April 2, 2009)
- Identity theft nets some tax refunds, stimulus checks (CNN.com, March 20, 2009)
- Treasury secretary cancels private debt collection program (GovernmentExecutive.com, March 6, 2009)
- IRS Gives the Boot to Private Tax Collectors (The Washington Post online, March 6, 2009)
- IRS to drop private debt collection program (Associated Press, March 6, 2009)
- Taxpayer Heroine (Forbes.com, Feb. 27, 2009)
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Tax Advocate: Simpler is Better (Public Radio, Jan. 16, 2009)
- New Report: Doing Taxes Takes up 7.6 Billion Work Hours a Year (USA Today, Jan. 9, 2009)
- Taxing Times (MarketWatch, Jan. 9, 2009)
- Congress Should Resolve to Simplify the Tax Code (Washington Post, Jan. 8, 2009)
- A Kinder, Gentler IRS? (CNN Money, Jan. 7, 2009)
- Confusing Tax Rules Under Fire (Wall Street Journal, Jan. 7, 2009)
