In addition, sufficient taxpayer education should be undertaken in order to inform the public about the availability of alternatives to mailed paper forms. The IRS budget . Reverse the erosion of the IRS budget. Although this can and does reduce the nominal costs of collection, the toll it exacts in the form of expenses for hired professional help, confusion about tax law, reduced compliance and other more intangible detriments reduce the efficiencies claimed. Most taxpayers are not trained tax professionals.
Most individuals are visual learners.
We need help in understanding that which we cannot understand. Telephone contacts will not replace human interaction for many of those taxpayers most in need of special assistance. Increase investment in technology . As tax practitioners one of the greatest hindrances we face is the lack of good technology on the part of the IRS when we need to interact with them concerning a taxpayer's account. At the present time we believe that IRS accounts are updated on a weekly basis to reflect changes in a taxpayer's account.