Your Support Accomplishes A Lot! Dear Friends,As we draw close to year end, we at the Center for Taxpayer Rights want to thank all of you for your continued support of our work in the field of taxpayer rights and tax administration.  We know you care deeply about these issues, because you have attended our conferences, Tax Chats!, and other progamming.So we ask that you consider making a donation to the Center to further support our work! Please Donate! As you know, this year we have particularly active in challenging in court efforts to erode the confidentiality of tax returns…

A Significant Win for Taxpayer Rights & Confidentiality of Return Information Dear Friends,At the Center for Taxpayer Rights, we try not to clutter your inbox unless we have something really important to share.  Today, we have two important items – one really newsworthy, and the other, an ask.The “ask” first:  if you value the work the Center does – our International Conference on Taxpayer Rights (ICTR), our work as a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic and our promotion of Tax Clinics around the world, and our efforts to advance taxpayer rights in the US and internationally – please consider making a…

-- The 2025 Direct File Report Shows the Transformative Power of Direct e-Filing -- Dear Friends,In 2024, following its pilot season, the Direct File team released a report detailing how the program went, and how it could be improved in future years.  I have written elsewhere about how free electronic filing, directly with the government, is a fundamental taxpayer right, and was pleased to see the progress the US Internal Revenue Service was able to make in this regard.In 2025, despite promises to the contrary, the Treasury effectively administratively killed Direct File before any such year-two analysis could be completed…

10th ICTR and an Update on Litigation Dear Friends,I hope this newsletter finds you well in these challenging times.  There’s been a lot going on.  But before I share with you some recent activity in the courts, a word about the 10th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights.It’s hard to believe that the 10th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights is just a month away – from June 4 to 6, 2025!  We are really looking forward to seeing old and new friends at the conference.  The theme of the conference – Taxpayer Rights, Trust, & the Rule of Law – could…

10th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights Registration Now Open! Dear Friends,It is my great pleasure to announce that registration for the 10th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights is now open!  It will be held in Washington DC, from June 4 through 6, 2025.  The theme of the conference is Taxpayer Rights, Trust, & the Rule of Law, and our host organizations are Harvard Law School and its Federal Tax Clinic.  Click here for Agenda Click here for more information & to register In 2015, when I was the National Taxpayer Advocate at the US Internal Revenue Service, I proposed convening…

9th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights Registration Now Open! Dear Friends,For our first Taxpayer Rights Digest of 2024, we are very excited to announce the opening of registration for the 9th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights.  The theme of this year’s conference is Toward a Digital Taxpayer Bill of Rights.  The conference will be held from 04 to 06 June, 2024, and is being hosted by the DigiTax Centre at the University of Antwerp, in Antwerp, Belgium.  The conference immediately precedes the annual congress of the European Association of Tax Law Professors, which is being held at the University of…