It's widely known that, if you hit a snag while doing your taxes
you can call IRS for answers and you if you wait long enough you
will get an answer, but is it the right answer?
Quote: "Two years ago it was impossible to get through on the
phone to the IRS. Now it's just hard to get through. That's
progress." -Charles Rossotti, former IRS Commissioner
50 million people do find their way through the maze of IRS
numbers every year. IRS numbers are:
To ask personal tax questions call 800-829-1040. Don't call on
Monday morning or you will wait forever. Write out your
questions beforehand and have all relevant documentation in
front of you, as well as a favorite book. Treat the IRS employee
like a human being and do not use profanity or he/she will hang
up on you.
To order forms & pubs: 800-829-3676 for a paper copy via
snail-mail
To ask business tax questions: 800-829-4933
Need help with long-standing problems: 877-777-4778
Prerecorded messages on 140 tax topics: 800-829-4477
Each year, IRS has to recruit and train literally hundreds of
new seasonal personnel to answer the phones. These new
seasonally trained phone personnel sometimes give inaccurate
answers. But do you know that if one of the new seasonal
personnel gives you the wrong answer over the phone and you act
on it. You are liable for the mistake, not IRS!!!!
Would it be comforting to know there was a source of tax
information that is free, accurate, and can be accessed rapidly?
Now, there is! There is an Internet web site where numerous lip
synced animated characters, called Talking Tax Moms, give fast,
accurate, timely tax advice and answers. Behind every Talking
Tax Mom there is a real Tax Mom. There are also Talking Mr. Tax
Moms. Just choose a tax subject in which you have an interest,
click on a question, sit back and let a Talking Tax Mom give you
the answer.
"There are over 15,000 pages in the tax code and over 100,000
pages of regulations of interpretation. It is nearly impossible
for a ANY new seasonal trainee to learn all that information in
one tax season. says Coralee LaFresnaye, Vice President of Tax
Net Inc. "But it is possible for a Tax Mom to become a
specialist in a given tax subject. Coralee continues, "each Tax
Mom is a specialist and stands behind her advice and answers.
All of the Talking Tax Moms have a minimum of 7 years experience
of tax preparation and some as many as 25 years. If the Talking
Tax Mom does not completely answer your question, just submit
your question by e-mail. The responsible Tax Mom will personally
respond with an answer and give you her direct 800 number for
follow up contact. There is no charge for any of this service."
Although the company started in 1987 and has a large number of
tax professionals, the volume from this new free service has
already increased to a point that the existing organization will
have to be expanded before the 2006 tax season. Coralee
continues, "We are presently looking for A FEW, THE PROUD, THE
GOOD, to join THE TAX MOMS."
Tax Moms is a national network of experienced CPA's, IRS
approved Enrolled Agents and State Certified/Public Tax
Preparers working from their homes. Coralee LaFresnaye has been
the Vice President of the daily operations of Tax Net Inc since
1999. She has been a Entrepreneur and Tax Professional for 34
years specializing in small businesses.
Tax Moms is one of the divisions of Tax Net Inc, a proud member
of the Better Business Bureau. Another division of Tax Net Inc.
is Next Day Tax Cash.
http://www.asktaxmoms.com
http://nextdaytaxcash.com
About the author:
Tax Moms is a national network of experienced CPA's, IRS
approved Enrolled Agents and State Certified/Public Tax
Preparers working from their homes. Coralee LaFresnaye has been
the Vice President of the daily operations of Tax Net Inc since
1999. She has been a Entrepreneur and Tax Professional for 34
years specializing in small businesses.
