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. Processing Content Taxpayers ...

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 ...

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 Internal Revenue Service Independent Office of Appeals has announced the launch of a new two-year pilot program aimed at making Post Appeals Mediation more attractive and accessible to taxpayers.

The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") is doubling down on its primary alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") tools. It is clear that the IRS wants taxpayers to resolve their disputes prior to going to ...

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.

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 Taxpayer First Act (“TFA”), which was signed into law on July 1, 2019, makes the most significant changes to administrative procedures since the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform ...

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 ...

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 ...