IRS help with Gulf oil spill issues

The IRS has created a Gulf Oil Spill Information Center, and set up a Dedicated Phone Line for Gulf Oil Spill Victims, 866-562-5227.

 

The IRS is also planning a Special Assistance Day, July 17th in four states:

1. Alabama: Mobile.
2. Florida: Panama City and Pensacola.
3. Louisiana: New Orleans, Houma and Baton Rouge.
4. Mississippi: Gulfport.

 According to the IRS,

The IRS continues to have a number of ways to help taxpayers dealing with oil spill issues or other economic hardship issues, including:

• Assistance of the Taxpayer Advocate Service for those taxpayers experiencing economic harm, who are seeking help resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels.
• Postponement of collection actions in certain hardship cases.
• Added flexibility for missed payments on installment agreements and offers in compromise for previously compliant individuals having difficulty paying.
• IRS employees will be permitted to consider a taxpayer’s current income and potential for future income when negotiating an offer in compromise.
• Accelerated levy releases for taxpayers facing economic hardship.

Repost from CNN/Money.com: IRS starts mopping up Congress's tax-reporting mess

IRS starts mopping up Congress's tax-reporting mess
By Neil deMause, contributing writerJuly 9, 2010: 11:18 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- With a new mandate looming that will require business owners to file millions more tax forms, the Internal Revenue Service has begun the daunting process of figuring out how to turn the law's sweeping demands into actual rules for taxpayers.

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