Taxes Archives

NCLC Digital Library: Best Practices in Responding to IRS Debt

September 26, 2024

This article describes best practices when taxpayers are unable to repay their IRS tax obligations.

Report: Vulnerable Taxpayers Can Expect Higher Costs for Tax Preparation Services During the COVID Economic Crisis; Missing Stimulus Payments Can Be Claimed through Tax Returns

February 11, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2021 Download the report at: http://bit.ly/2021-tax-season Boston ― Tax season kicks off on February 12, several weeks later than usual. Today, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) issued its annual advisory on taxpayer consumer protection issues and warned that consumers need to be on guard as they navigate the tax…

Report: Student Loan Borrowers Teetering on the Edge of Catastrophe after Having Tax Refunds Seized

July 15, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 15, 2020 Congress Must Act to Stop Snatching of Earned Income Tax Credits Boston – This Tax Day, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) has released Voices of Despair: How Seizing the EITC Is Leaving Student Loan Borrowers Homeless and Hopeless During a Pandemic. The updated report builds on a 2018…

2020 Tax Season: More Delays and Higher Costs for Struggling Taxpayers

January 30, 2020

READ the full report, including a list of resources and free tax preparation resources for taxpayers. Boston – As tax filing season begins, advocates from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) issued their annual consumer advisory on taxpayer consumer protection issues. These include: Tax-time financial products. Lenders and tax return preparers again team up to…

New Tax-Time Report: The Return of the Interest-Bearing Refund Anticipation Loan and other Perils Faced by Consumers

April 3, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2019 Download the full report at: http://bit.ly/2TSpEGK Boston – Tax time, typically a time for a substantial influx of funds for American consumers in the form of their refunds, was transformed into a time of uncertainty and drastic change this year, as documented in the National Consumer Law Center’s report…

2019 Tax Filing Season: More Questions than Answers

February 14, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2019 BOSTON ― As the potentially chaotic tax filing season officially begins today after a protracted government shutdown, advocates from the National Consumer Law Center issued their annual consumer advisory on taxpayer consumer protection issues. These include: • Refund delays likely to be exacerbated by the shutdown. Low-income taxpayers were…

How the Government Shutdown Puts Working Families at Risk

January 17, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JANUARY 23, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) or (617) 542-8010 Washington, D.C. – As the longest federal government shutdown in our nation’s history drags on, attorneys at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) raised concern as to how working families could potentially be harmed long after the government reopens…

Second National Poll Indicates Strong Support for Reform of Paid Tax Preparer Industry

March 22, 2017

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