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Nina Olson on Taxpayer Advocacy at the Internal Revenue Service

Published: Sept. 19, 2006, 8 a.m.

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The complexity of the federal income tax is legendary, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)\\xa0has long been\\xa0feared by\\xa0U.S.\\xa0taxpayers. What\\xa0can\\xa0Congress and the\\xa0IRS do to make the annual\\xa0tax filing process less\\xa0burdensome\\xa0for\\xa0taxpayers?

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In this podcast, Nina Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate at the Internal Revenue Service, discusses tax complexity,\\xa0the federal income\\xa0"tax gap,"\\xa0and the use of private debt collection services by the Internal Revenue Service\\xa0(17 minutes,\\xa03 seconds)....'