IRS Releases Much Anticipated 'Taxpayer Bill Of Rights'

A 2012 taxpayer survey revealed that only 46% of taxpayers believe that they have any rights before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Just a mere 11% of taxpayers actually knew what those rights were. Those statistics, according to National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson, are demonstrative of why she has worked for the better part of seven years to bring a “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” to the nation’s taxpayers. It was listed as the Advocate’s top priority in the 2014 Annual Report to Congress.