Tax Law Insights

President Trump signed the “Taxpayer First Act”, H.R. 3151, into law on July 1, 2019.  The Taxpayer First Act may be one of the most significant “taxpayer rights” laws since the adoption of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998.  The key feature of the new law is its requirement that, within the next 12 months, the IRS submit to Congress a “written comprehensive customer service strategy”, and within 24 months “make available the updated guidance and training materials [under the strategy] … [which will be] easily understood … and provide ...