If the IRS contacts you about a specific tax matter, you can authorize a third party to handle it on your behalf. It could be a relative, friend or a tax pro at our firm, as long as you grant formal permission. Current rules require the IRS to provide a 45-day notice when it intends to contact a third party, with certain exceptions. National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins is criticizing an IRS proposal that would shorten the statutory 45-day notice to 10 days when there’s a year or less remaining on the statute of limitations for collection. Collins said that “[t]he IRS’s proposed regulations … erode an important taxpayer protection and could punish taxpayers for IRS delays.”
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