{"id":3018,"date":"2019-03-28T05:53:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T10:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2019-03-27T09:54:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T14:54:43","slug":"taxpayer-bill-of-rights-outlines-rights-for-all-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/taxpayer-bill-of-rights-outlines-rights-for-all-taxpayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayer Bill of Rights outlines rights for all taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every taxpayer has rights when dealing with the IRS. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights <\/a>takes these rights from the tax\ncode and groups them into 10 categories. To help taxpayers interacting with the\nIRS understand their rights, the agency outlines them in Publication 1<\/a>, Your Rights as a Taxpayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the first five rights along with more information about each one:
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\nThe Right to Be Informed<\/strong>.\nTaxpayers have the right to know how to comply with tax laws. They are entitled\nto clear explanations of the laws and IRS procedures. Taxpayers have the right\nto know about IRS decisions affecting their accounts with clear explanations of\nthe outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Right to Quality\nService<\/strong>. Taxpayers have the right to receive prompt, courteous\nand professional assistance when dealing with the IRS. They also have the right\nto speak with a supervisor about inadequate service. Communications from the\nIRS should be clear and easy to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Right to Pay No\nMore Than the Correct Amount of Tax<\/strong>. Taxpayers must pay only\nthe amount of tax legally due. This includes interest and penalties. The IRS\nmust apply all tax payments properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Right to\nChallenge the IRS\u2019s Position and Be Hea<\/strong>rd. Taxpayers have the\nright to object to formal IRS actions or proposed actions. They can also\nprovide justification with additional documentation. Taxpayers can expect the\nIRS to consider timely objections and documentation promptly and fairly.\nTaxpayers can expect a response when the IRS disagrees with the taxpayer\u2019s\nposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Right to Appeal an IRS Decision in an Independent Forum<\/strong>.\nTaxpayers are entitled to a fair and impartial appeal of most IRS decisions.\nThis includes appealing certain penalties. Taxpayers have the right to receive\na written response from the IRS regarding a decision. Taxpayers generally have\nthe right to take their case to court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every taxpayer has rights when dealing with the IRS. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights takes these rights from the tax code and groups them into 10 categories. To help taxpayers interacting with the IRS understand their rights, the agency outlines them in Publication 1, Your Rights as a Taxpayer. Here are the first five rights […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-03-28T10:55:00Z","apple_news_api_id":"1ec76788-1197-4322-ad7a-d73a85d2a309","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2019-03-28T10:55:00Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AHsdniBGXQyKtetc6hdKjCQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/74d71b26-dfe2-3cf6-9b79-55911f8259f1"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tax"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}