National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina E. Olson, released her mid-year report to Congress identifying the priority issues the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) will address during the coming fiscal year. The report expresses concern about the adequacy of IRS taxpayer service, particularly as the IRS begins to implement health care reform, about new information reporting burdens facing small businesses and others, and about certain IRS collection practices. The report also addresses the return preparer registration initiatives and her recommendations for ongoing compliance and enforcement.

The full report is available on the IRS website.