Nina Olson on Taxpayer Advocacy at the Internal Revenue Service

The complexity of the federal income tax is legendary, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has long been feared by U.S. taxpayers. What can Congress and the IRS do to make the annual tax filing process less burdensome for taxpayers? In this podcast, Nina Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate at the Internal Revenue Service, discusses tax complexity, the federal income "tax gap," and the use of private debt collection services by the Internal Revenue Service (17 minutes, 3 seconds)....