July 13, 2016 In this letter, Congressman Charles Boustany, M.D. requested more information from IRS on the agency’s proposed user fee increases for SEE test takers….

…to provide an annual report on the Joint Hearing issues and estimates on the funding necessary to carry out these priorities. Make IRS user fees appealable to GAO. The agency must be able to provide clear, detailed costing estimates to those who are charged user fees and must not charge user fees for services that largely improve the organization’s own operations. Provide funding necessary to meet mutually agreed upon levels of service and compliance, or in the alternative, explain to…

…return preparation profession. Additionally, the proposal would help protect low income, non-English speaking and elderly taxpayers from the unscrupulous and the incompetent. Not only will licensing tax return preparers help close the tax gap, it will help protect sensitive taxpayer information from unscrupulous or careless unlicensed preparers (https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/customers-react-to-tax-documents-with-personalinformation-was-found-in-dumpster). Being able to rescind PTINs, subject to review and appeal, is an effective way of policing bad behavior, since the IRS rarely enforces penalties or brings criminal actions against perennial bad actors…

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