Lawmakers Ask IRS to Create Single Practitioner Services Division
Lawmakers Ask IRS to Create Single Practitioner Services Division
- AuthorsSuozzi, Rep. Thomas
- Institutional AuthorsU.S. House of Representatives
- Subject Area/Tax Topics
- Jurisdictions
- Tax Analysts Document Number2019-32039
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2019 TNTF 162-35
July 29, 2019
The Honorable Steven T. Mnuchin
Secretary
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20220
The Honorable Charles P. Rettig
Commissioner
Internal Revenue Service
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20224
Dear Secretary Mnuchin and Commissioner Rettig:
As you move forward with the IRS Integrated Modernization Business Plan (issued on April 18, 2019), the IRS should consider the consolidation of existing tax practitioner services into a dedicated practitioner services division to ensure that all represented taxpayers receive the assistance they need and to minimize duplication of services. These modernization steps will instill trust in the tax administration system while improving both customer service and voluntary compliance.
Over half of all taxpayers choose tax preparers to advise them on tax matters, assist them with compliance responsibilities, or represent them before the IRS. As you move forward with this plan, we encourage you to proactively engage and collaborate with the tax practitioner community to improve tax administration.
Currently, the IRS practitioner-impacting operations, programs, processes and tools are dispersed and do not enable practitioners to timely access critical information on behalf of taxpayers. Nor do the current teams or processes systematically solicit, gather or evaluate practitioner feedback. Creating a dedicated practitioner services division will enhance and centrally manage the current programs to efficiently resolve taxpayer issues and ultimately improve the taxpayer experience.
We support your efforts to modernize the IRS with an eye toward customer satisfaction. Together, it is our shared goal to deliver a taxpayer experience that is distinguished by a transparent and proactive interaction between the IRS, taxpayers and their tax preparers. With this goal in mind, we urge you to consolidate the current practitioner services into a single practitioner services division, which would not only benefit practitioners but the millions of taxpayers they serve.
We look forward to hearing back from you on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Thomas R. Suozzi
Member of Congress
Tom Rice
Member of Congress
Danny Davis
Member of Congress
Suzan K. DelBene
Member Congress
Gwen Moore
Member of Congress
Ron Kind
Member of Congress
Stephanie Murphy
Member of Congress
Jimmy Pannetta
Member of Congress
Darin LaHood
Member of Congress
Susan W. Brooks
Member of Congress
Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr.
Member of Congress
Henry Guellar
Member of Congress
Kelly Armstrong
Member of Congress
Gus M. Bilirakis
Member of Congress
Linda T. Sanchez
Member of Congress
Bradley S. Schneider
Member of Congress
Terri Sewell
Member of Congress
Josh Gottheimer
Member of Congress
Mike Johnson
Member of Congress
Adam Kinzinger
Member of Congress
Brian Fitzpatrick
Member of Congress
Bill Flores
Member of Congress
Lance Gooden
Member of Congress
Kendra S. Horn
Member of Congress
K. Michael Conaway
Member of Congress
Ann McLane Kuster
Member of Congress
David Kustoff
Member of Congress
Ted Lieu
Member of Congress
Roger Marshall
Member of Congress
David B. McKinley, P.E.
Member of Congress
Ed Case
Member of Congress
David Price
Member of Congress
Andy Barr
Member of Congress
Blaine Luetkemeyer
Member of Congress
Ben McAdams
Member of Congress
Sharice L. Davids
Member of Congress
Rodney Davis
Member of Congress
Guy Reschenthaler
Member of Congress
Denver Riggleman III
Member of Congress
Neal Dunn
Member of Congress
Vicente Gonzalez
Member of Congress
Ross Spano
Member of Congress
Glenn “GT” Thompson
Member of Congress
Ted S. Yoho, D.V.M
Member of Congress
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger III
Member of Congress
Chuck Fleischman
Member of Congress
Greg Stanton
Member of Congress
W. Gregory Steube
Member of Congress
Steve Watkins
Member of Congress
Brad Sherman
Member of Congress
Joe Courtney
Member of Congress
- AuthorsSuozzi, Rep. Thomas
- Institutional AuthorsU.S. House of Representatives
- Subject Area/Tax Topics
- Jurisdictions
- Tax Analysts Document Number2019-32039
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2019 TNTF 162-35