Instructions For Form 1040ez - Income Tax Return For Single And Joint Filers With No Dependents - 2011 Page 25

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Our job is to ensure that every taxpayer is treated fairly, and
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Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) are independent from the
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tax problems that you haven’t been able to solve on your own.
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TAS can help if you can’t resolve your problem with the IRS
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Your problem is causing financial difficulties for you, your
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You face (or your business is facing) an immediate threat
of adverse action.
near you, see the LITC page on
or
IRS
Publication 4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
List. This publica-
You have tried repeatedly to contact the IRS but no one
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has responded to you, or the IRS has not responded by
IRS office.
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Have a suggestion for improving the IRS and do not know who
work with the IRS to get your problems resolved. And our
to contact? The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is a diverse
services are always free.
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As a taxpayer, you have rights that the IRS must abide by in its
taxpayers’ issues, and make suggestions for improving IRS serv-
dealings with you. Our tax toolkit at
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can help you understand these rights.
and geographically diverse, with at least one member from
each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Contact
If you think TAS might be able to help you, call your local
advocate, whose number is in your phone book and on our
TAP at
or call 1-888-912-1227 (toll-free).
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