The Internal Revenue Service posted a Spanish version of its Form 1040 and instructions Tuesday and made available publications and online information in other languages. The move is part of IRS ...

IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, above, in 2008 tapped Communications Director Jodi Patterson to establish the Office of Taxpayer Correspondence and streamline the agency's convoluted automated ...

“To date, the IRS has rewritten nearly 80 percent of the 190 million notices sent annually to taxpayers. Our strong work in this area has been recognized by a leading plain language group. An ...

Back in 2010, President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act, which requires the federal government, including the IRS, to write documents such as tax forms in plain English language (see New Law ...

The IRS has published a “Listing of Required Modifications and Information Package” for 403 (b) pre-approved plans. The information package contains samples of plan provisions that have been found to ...

Section 9 of Rev. Proc. 2013-14 provides that “ [a]ny consent obtained on or after Jan. 14, 2013 must contain the mandatory language provided in Section 5.04 of this revenue procedure.” Prior to Jan.

The IRS needs to build trust with members of Congress and speak more plainly with taxpayers in order to capitalize on the modernization that’s expected of the agency, an advisory panel said in a ...