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The measure is causing the IRS to prioritize the wrong work, and it needs to be replaced.”</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div class="caption">Erin M. Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate</div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bg-wrapper"> <div class="background-texture large offset-top small"></div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="downloads-module full-width-module"> <div class="container"> <header> <h2 class="section-heading mr-b-40">Review of the 2024 Filing Season</h2> </header> <div class="body-copy body-copy-container mr-b-40"> <p>Although Filing Season 2024 was an overall success, and the IRS met the service goals set by the Secretary of the Treasury, backlogs still persist with amended returns, returns suspended as a result of a possible error, taxpayer correspondence, and Identity Theft Victim Assistance cases. After the filing season, taxpayers will continue to submit correspondence and file tens of millions of tax returns on extension. Thus, it is imperative that the IRS focus substantial resources during the rest of 2024 to catch up on its current backlog, timely process all incoming tax returns, pay out pending refunds, timely resolve Identity Theft Victim Assistance cases, and prevent carryover of unprocessed returns into 2025, while still providing taxpayer service through its toll-free lines and walk-in centers. The IRS needs to eliminate the word “backlog” from its vocabulary by modernizing the processing and scanning of paper returns, focusing on suspended and amended returns, issuing all pending refunds before the close of the year, and starting Filing Season 2025 fresh.</p> <h4 style="text-align: right;"><a class="wplightbox" href="https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/JRC25_SAO_ReviewFiling.pdf" data-barheight="0" data-width="1200" data-height="1200" data-showsocial="false">Read the Full Review of the 2024 Filing Season</a></h4> </div> <div class="row row-downloads"> </div> </div> </section> <section class="downloads-module full-width-module"> <div class="container"> <header> <h2 class="section-heading mr-b-40">TAS Case Advocacy and Other Business Objectives</h2> </header> <div class="body-copy body-copy-container mr-b-40"> <p>TAS Case Advocacy and Other Business Objectives describe additional activities TAS will pursue to advance its advocacy efforts through casework and systemic advocacy and through the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel and Low Income Taxpayer Clinics. TAS works directly with taxpayers and their representatives to identify issues, research solutions, and advocate on behalf of taxpayers. TAS’s goal is to continuously improve its internal and external processes and business operations for the benefit of taxpayers. This section details planned TAS activities for organizational improvement and promotion of its advocacy efforts.</p> <p>TAS’s Case Advocacy and Other Business Objectives for FY 2025 are:</p> <ol> <li>TAS Case Advocacy: Raise Awareness About TAS and Educate Via Outreach</li> <li>TAS Case Advocacy: Deploy a New Case and Systemic Issue Management System</li> <li>TAS Systemic Advocacy: Continue to Identify and Analyze Systemic Issues That Impact a Broad Range of Taxpayers</li> <li>Taxpayer Advocacy Panel: Foster a Diverse Range of Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Volunteers and Educate Via Outreach</li> <li>Low Income Taxpayer Clinics: Refine and Conduct Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Research to Accurately Target Taxpayer Community Needs</li> </ol> <h4 style="text-align: right;"><a class="wplightbox" href="https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/JRC25_AdvObjs_CA.pdf" data-barheight="0" data-width="1200" data-height="1200" data-showsocial="false">Read All TAS Case Advocacy and Other Business Objectives</a></h4> </div> <div class="row row-downloads"> </div> </div> </section> <section class="downloads-module full-width-module"> <div class="container"> <header> <h2 class="section-heading mr-b-40">TAS Research Objectives</h2> </header> <div class="body-copy body-copy-container mr-b-40"> <p>TAS Research Objectives focus on understanding how IRS procedures affect taxpayers and how taxpayers react to IRS actions. 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