David Price: “like other Members, I have helped many, many constituents resolve disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. In one…”

“like other Members, I have helped many, many constituents resolve disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. In one case earlier this year, a Raleigh man trying to make good on his back taxes was not told that he had the option of setting up a payment plan. Instead, the IRS placed a lien on his bank account. In another case, a woman who had set up a payment plan and made every payment on time received notice that her plan had been canceled and her entire balance was due within 2 weeks. Fortunately, I was able to help these constituents. But not every taxpayer is able to come to their Member of Congress. We need to fix the system for everybody. We need to restructure the IRS. We need to do away with tax collection quotas. We need to revise rigid rules. And we need to set customer service oriented collection policies that are geared toward assisting taxpayers in complying with the law rather than punishing them. H.R. 2676 is based on the recommendations of the bipartisan National Commission on Restructuring the IRS. It will strengthen taxpayer rights and modernize the administration of the IRS. The new IRS Oversight Board, made up of a majority of private sector professionals, will have the authority to eliminate collection quotas and measure performance by the quality of service that agents provide. Mr. Speaker, passage of H.R. 2676 will restructure the IRS and pave the way for further reform and simplification of the Tax Code.”