The Internal Revenue Service's Independent Office of Appeals launched a two-year pilot program designed to increase taxpayers' awareness and use of post-appeals mediation. Taxpayers can request ...

On October 1 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new pilot program designed to make the IRS Post Appeals Mediation (PAM) process more attractive to taxpayers. The new procedures are ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS recently issued final regulations providing further guidance on the IRS Appeals process. Under the final regulations, IRS Appeals will not consider ...

The Internal Revenue Service is starting to give taxpayers access to the official document from IRS Appeals Officers about why a determination was made for or against them. The move comes after years ...

The IRS Independent Office of Appeals announced a significant update to its alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) offerings with the launch of a two-year post appeals mediation (“PAM”) pilot program.

Financial advisors and tax professionals whose clients dispute an IRS calculation of their liability could get an outside ruling through the newly renamed Independent Office of Appeals. "Sometimes you ...

Opinion: Improvements to the IRS's alternative dispute resolution programs should be part of a series of reforms that will ...

Taxpayers whose tax returns the IRS examines may experience long administrative delays in working with the IRS to resolve unagreed issues. About twenty years ago, the IRS developed a procedure – fast ...

An IRS audit can send shivers up the spine of even the most conservative taxpayer. For many, this dreaded procedure results in either nightmarish visits to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office or ...

Tens of thousands of businesses have received letters from the IRS denying their Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims. The IRS is in the process of sending many more ERC denial letters. Previously, ...