From the IRS Newswire, 08/12/2014
WASHINGTON ― The Internal Revenue Service announced today that its
cornerstone "Taxpayer
Bill of Rights“ document is now available in six languages.
Newly-revised versions of Publication 1, "Your
Rights as a Taxpayer,” are now posted on IRS.gov in English, Spanish,
Chinese, Korean, Russian and Vietnamese. By making this important publication
available in multiple languages, the IRS hopes to increase the number of
Americans who know and understand their rights under the tax law.
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights takes the multiple existing rights embedded in
the tax code and groups them into 10 broad categories, making them easier to
find and understand.
“We believe that these rights are critically important for people to know
and understand, and translating them into additional languages helps us reach
even more taxpayers,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “We encourage people
to take a moment to read the Bill of Rights.”
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights contains 10 provisions. They are:
1. The Right to Be Informed
2. The Right to Quality Service
3. The Right to Pay No More than the Correct Amount of Tax
4. The Right to Challenge the IRS’s Position and Be Heard
5. The Right to Appeal an IRS Decision in an Independent Forum
6. The Right to Finality
7. The Right to Privacy
8. The Right to Confidentiality
9. The Right to Retain Representation
10. The Right to a Fair and Just Tax System
