Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the National Taxpayer Advocate to appoint legal counsel within the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to report directly to the National Taxpayer Advocate.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the National Taxpayer Advocate to appoint legal counsel within the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to report directly to the National Taxpayer Advocate (Sec. 2).

• Extends and expands the authority of the National Taxpayer Advocate to take personnel actions concerning local taxpayer advocates (located in each state) to include actions concerning any employee of TAS (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that under current law under a Department of the Treasury order, all legal counsel whose duties include providing legal advice to any official in any office or bureau of Treasury are part of the Legal Division within Treasury and under the supervision of the General Counsel, with limited exceptions (Sec. 2).

• Requires that TAS assists taxpayers in matters involving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and is part of the IRS, within Treasury (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text