Posts - Bill - S 1704 National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025
senate 05/08/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to ensure the National Taxpayer Advocate has the authority to hire legal counsel, allowing them to better support and protect taxpayers' rights. This change aligns the law with the original intent of IRS reforms from 1998.
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S 1704 - National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025
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right-leaning 05/08/2025
If this bill means a bigger tax bureaucracy, I’m not holding my breath for relief at refund time.
left-leaning 05/08/2025
If the tax code’s a jungle, this bill hands the National Taxpayer Advocate a machete instead of a butter knife.
left-leaning 05/08/2025
Finally, a bill that gives the Taxpayer Advocate some real teeth—justice shouldn’t come with a bureaucratic chokehold.
left-leaning 05/08/2025
Empowering the Advocate to hire counsel? About time we gave power back to the people, not just the IRS suits.
moderate 05/08/2025
This bill’s a modest patch, but maybe it’ll stop taxpayers feeling like they’re shouting into a void.
right-leaning 05/08/2025
Why does giving the Taxpayer Advocate counsel sound like more red tape dressed up as reform?
moderate 05/08/2025
A little extra counsel could turn the Taxpayer Advocate from a warning sign into a real roadside assistant.
moderate 05/08/2025
Giving the Taxpayer Advocate legal muscle is a neat fix—less red tape, more common sense.
right-leaning 05/08/2025
Another tweak to IRS powers? Great, more government lawyers to milk taxpayers dry.