Ted Afield, Author at The Faculty Lounge

Unlocking Tax Justice: How the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act Addresses the Critical Need for Increased Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic Funding

For my final post on the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, I want to focus on the importance of one provision in particular, given its relevance to legal education as ...

Ted Afield February 23, 2025No Comments

The Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act’s Efforts to Improve the Taxpayer Experience and to Modernize IRS Operations

A lot of the tax headlines this week have focused on the hiring freeze and layoffs that are coming to the IRS. These cuts could not be coming at a ...

Ted Afield February 19, 2025No Comments

Raising the Tax Preparer Bar: How the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act Could Transform Tax Preparer Oversight and Compliance

For better or worse, a large number of taxpayers in the United States rely on others to prepare their tax returns on their behalf. Both academic research and governmental studies…

Ted Afield February 15, 2025No Comments

Let’s Talk Some Tax(payer Assistance and Service Act)!

Hello, and thank you for inviting me into the Lounge, in spite of my warning that doing so would subject your readers to some posts about tax policy. To introduce…

Ted Afield February 12, 2025No Comments