Internal Revenue Service field agents are being offered new flexibility to go easier on delinquent taxpayers caught up in the current economic squeeze. Exactly how much additional discretion financially struggling taxpayers and their CPAs can expect from IRS enforcement personnel remains to be seen, but Commissioner Doug Shulman made it clear that he wants to "empower" the service's field agents to soften the tax pinch on economically distressed Americans. Shulman disclosed plans to grant this additional flexibility to IRS employees as part of a broader action plan to provide more assistance and compassion for taxpayers struggling through the recession.
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