Dear Alabama
Tax Practitioner,
As the IRS Stakeholder
Liaison area manager for Alabama, I want to thank
you for your past
support and ask for your
continued partnership
with your local
stakeholder liaisons and
me. SL is proud to be in
our sixth year as the
practitioners’ gateway
to the IRS. We have had
a busy
year, holding
practitioner events,
conducting national
webinars, and
establishing web-based
tax centers.
Practitioners provided
our local SLs with many
suggestions on how to
improve IRS systems.
We actively worked on
these suggestions and
were able to implement
many of them. This
partnership strengthens
our mutual commitment to
taxpayer compliance.
SL is committed to
getting you the
information you need.
While we do not answer
tax law questions or
have access to your
clients’ tax accounts,
we can steer you in the
right direction.
How SL can help you
navigate the IRS
Be assured that
IRS.gov has more
than just forms and
publications. You’ll
find the latest news,
online tools, research
services, guidance and
contact information.
The best way to stay up
to date with the IRS is
to take advantage of our
free products and
services. Subscribe to
e-News for Tax
Professionals for
weekly news briefs. We
also offer tools so
visitors to your website
can link directly to “tax
centers” and other “widgets”,
making it easy to find
frequently-used web
pages.
We make it easy to get
up-to-date information
from IRS experts. Join
our free
national webinars,
or check out
IRS Live where tax
professionals discuss
tax topics with IRS
leaders. Submit
questions during the
original airing or visit
our
IRS Video Portal to
view archived webinars,
video clips of tax
topics, and audio
archives of national
phone forums.
Don’t forget the IRS.gov
Spanish counterpart
IRS en Español and
our new
Multilingual Gateway
for translated
information.
If you need a translator when meeting with
IRS employees just ask
for an interpreter.
Over-the-Phone
Interpreter Services
(OPI) is available
when taxpayers have limited
English proficiency.
How to keep up-to-date
with the new return
preparer regulations
David R. Williams leads
the new IRS Return
Preparer Office
implementing the new
requirements for tax
return preparers. Visit
our Web page for
New PTIN Requirements
for Tax Return Preparers
to keep current on
implementation. There’s
also
Frequently Asked
Questions and Answers
for PTIN. For
additional PTIN
information, contact the
IRS Tax Professional
PTIN Information line
at 877-813-7846,
available Monday-Friday,
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST.
Check out
Many Tax Return
Preparers Required to
Use IRS e-file Beginning
in 2011 for
information on the new
e-file rules and learn
how to become an
authorized e-file
provider.
How you can help your
clients and colleagues
Tell us when you see a
problem or have a
suggestion to improve
our processes. We
introduced the Issue
Management Resolution
System (IMRS) four years
ago and have received
more than a thousand
IMRS issues. Check out
some of the successes in
our
IMRS report on
IRS.gov.
There are many ways you
can assist us to further
our partnership. Help us
reach more practitioners
by hosting joint events
or webinars. Include IRS
information in your
newsletters or post an
IRS tax center or web
link on your website.
You can even volunteer
to teach a
Small Business Tax
Workshop in your
community and share what
you learn.
Finally, stay in touch
with your local SL. You
may also contact me
directly at 615-250-5791
or
craig.e.crews@irs.gov
, or if you need
assistance in
Alabama,
contact an SL below.
Filing season can be a
challenging and
stressful time, but
together we can make it
easier. Use our free
tools, products and
services; and raise your
issues and concerns
through your local
stakeholder liaison.
Sincerely,
Craig E. Crews
Stakeholder Liaison Area
Manager, Mid-South Area
Craig.E.Crews@irs.gov
