Taxpayer Advocacy Panel program to go on temporary administrative suspension

For more than 20 years, the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), through its team of dedicated volunteer members, has served a vital function in our tax system by advocating for the interests of taxpayers and offering critical feedback to the IRS. The insights and concerns raised by TAP members have historically played an influential role in shaping policies and redefining services that directly affect taxpayers across the nation and abroad. At this time, however, the TAP program will enter a temporary administrative suspension, effective February 13, 2026.

This will include a suspension on the acceptance of new issues and concerns related to improving IRS processes and taxpayer service. Please return to this page for additional updates as they become available.

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Home > News & Events>National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins releases her inaugural Annual Report to Congress
January 13, 2021

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins releases her inaugural Annual Report to Congress

The 2020 Annual Report to Congress focuses on IRS funding and the unprecedented challenges taxpayers faced during a year consumed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins released her inaugural Annual Report to Congress, focusing on the unprecedented challenges taxpayers faced in filing their tax returns and receiving refunds and stimulus payments during a year consumed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In her preface to the report, Ms. Collins wrote: “If this year’s Most Serious Problems are read in combination, one overriding theme emerges: To improve taxpayer service, the IRS needs more resources to hire employees and more resources to modernize its information technology (IT) systems.”