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

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

— 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

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

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