Nina E. Olson
Encyclopedia
Nina E. Olson is the current United States
Taxpayer Advocate
, and as such head of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, a government office dedicated to helping taxpayers solve their problems with the Internal Revenue Service
. Olson is the only IRS employee authorized to make legislative proposals directly to Congress
. Twice a year she identifies the top problems taxpayers face to the IRS and Congress, and analyses how the IRS can ameliorate those problems. "No one in the treasury department and no IRS employees, including the Commissioner of Revenue and anyone from the Office of Management and Budget, can see the report before I deliver it to Congress," Olson says, "I am truly an independent voice inside the IRS."
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Taxpayer Advocate
United States Taxpayer Advocate
The United States Taxpayer Advocate, also known as the National Taxpayer Advocate, is the head of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate within the Internal Revenue Service, and is appointed by and reports directly to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue...
, and as such head of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, a government office dedicated to helping taxpayers solve their problems with the Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the revenue service of the United States federal government. The agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue...
. Olson is the only IRS employee authorized to make legislative proposals directly to Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
. Twice a year she identifies the top problems taxpayers face to the IRS and Congress, and analyses how the IRS can ameliorate those problems. "No one in the treasury department and no IRS employees, including the Commissioner of Revenue and anyone from the Office of Management and Budget, can see the report before I deliver it to Congress," Olson says, "I am truly an independent voice inside the IRS."