Tax Chat! on Direct E-Filing and the IRS

Upcoming Tax Chat!Designing a Direct E-File Tool for the 21st Century14 November 20221:30 to 3:00 pm (Eastern Time) Dear Friends,I am pleased to announce that registration is open for a free on-line Tax Chat! program discussion of issues facing the IRS and other tax agencies as they introduce and utilize direct e-filing with the tax agency.  The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) contains $80 billion for modernizing IRS operations, and $15 million specifically for a report on the feasibility of an IRS-run direct e-file tool.  The report is due May 16, 2023, nine months after the date of IRA's enactment on…

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Registration Open for 6th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights!

-- Registration Now Open --6th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights!05 to 08 October 2021 (online only) Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,I’m pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 6th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights (ICTR).  The theme of the 6th ICTR is Taxpayer Rights, Human Rights: Issues for Developing Countries.  Register for 6th ICTR here As you may recall, the Center for Taxpayer Rights originally planned to hold this conference in October of 2020, at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.  We are thrilled to have the…

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Digital Taxation – videos and events

Digital Taxation:  A new YouTube video,a new partnership, and upcoming events! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Friends,It has been a while since we last sent out a Taxpayer Rights Digest, but we haven’t been inactive during this time.  (For example, I testified on May 11th at a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight about the Tax Gap and Offshore Noncompliance.)  The Center has been holding lots of preparation calls with the panelists for the 5th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights, and I have to say, this is…

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Tax Chat! Artificial Intelligence & Taxpayer Rights

Tax Chat! Registration Now Open-- Artificial Intelligence and Tax Administration --A Conversation with DigiTax Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,Registration is now open for the March session of Tax Chat!, which will be held on Tuesday, 16 March, 2021 at noon EST/16:00 GMT/17:00 CET.  The topic for this month’s Tax Chat! is Artificial Intelligence and Taxpayer Rights.  Registration for the TaxChat! is free but you need to sign up here in order to receive the link to the session. Click here to register for Tax Chat! Our guests for this conversation are:Toon…

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Tax Chat! Gender Issues in Taxation Video Available!

Tax Chat! Video on Gender Issues in Taxation Now Available Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,We have just uploaded our most recent Tax Chat! on Gender Issues in Taxation, held in early February 2021.  https://youtu.be/0C6nsWJEaXM This video is composed of two parts – our guests in Part I includedMichelle Harding, Senior Tax Economist and Head of the Tax Data and Statistical Analysis Unit at OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, Paris, France;Eleonor Kristoffersson, Professor of Tax Law, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; andAmy Matsui, Senior…

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Tax Chat! No. 3 – Anthropology of Tax Video is Live

Tax Chat! Video on The Anthropology of Tax is Now Live! 29 November 2020Hello all!In case you missed our last Tax Chat!, you can now watch or listen to it on the Center for Taxpayer Rights’ YouTube channel. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Our guests for this Tax Chat! were Lotta Bjorklund Larsen, Johanna Mugler, and Nimmo Elmi.  I’ve collaborated with all three of them over the years to better understand the relationships between tax administrators and taxpayers.  This Tax Chat! was a fascinating discussion on topics relating to the application of anthropological…

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Tax Chat! No. 3 – The Anthropology of Tax

Taxpayer Rights Digest Announcing Open Registration for Tax Chat No. 3 -- The Anthropology of Tax Click here for free Registration for Tax Chat! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,Please join us for our next episode of Tax Chat!, our free zoom conversation about taxpayer rights and tax administration, to be held on Tuesday, November 10 at noon Eastern Standard Time (17:00 GMT/18:00 CET).  The Center for Taxpayer Rights’ mission includes promoting and exploring taxpayer rights and taxation through disciplines other than the traditional ones of law and economics.  For that reason,…

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