If a tax refund is delayed by more than 45 days, the IRS is legally required to pay interest on top of the refund. While this ...

For the first time since I became the National Taxpayer Advocate in 2020, I can begin this report with good news: The taxpayer experience has noticeably improved,” Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins wrote ...

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins has urged Congress to preserve IRS funding for taxpayer service and technology amid ...

The wait had been an average of 19 months in fiscal year 2023, a delay that National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins then called “unconscionable" in her annual report last year to Congress ...

A new tax season is nearly here, and with it an opportunity for identity thieves to take advantage of taxpayers. So what can taxpayers do to protect themselves in 2025?

Erin Collins, the taxpayer advocate, has warned of service problems in the past, and Congress in 2022 provided the IRS with $79.6 billion to hire more employees and improve service. Republicans ...