Political Quotes

“And it provides, if I recall correctly, that the taxpayer will have an advocate at the IRS who will intervene on their behalf. It waives the interest charges and penalties when the IRS is at fault. It extends time for taxpayers to pay delinquent taxes without being subject to interest charges from 10 to 21 days. It expands measures to protect rights of divorced filers. It provides the IRS with authority to return levied property. It increases the maximum award amount from $100,000 to $1 million for reckless collection actions by IRS, and establishes accountability by requiring the IRS to file an annual report to the tax writing committees, of which the gentleman is a part, documenting misconduct by IRS employees. So I think that it does take for the first time a bold step, saying, sure, there are good employees at IRS, we are not saying that. We are saying we want a system that is fairer. They are doing their job. We are saying we want to make sure that the taxpayers also have rights, they also are heard, and not treated as a number but as people who want to pay their fair share, want to pay it but they want to make sure they have their rights protected. That is what this law does in a very strong way for the first time.”