The group says because of the backlog of 2021 returns and the problems still growing out of the COVID pandemic the IRS should temporarily suspend all automated compliance action as it did at the start of the pandemic.

The IRS is halting automated notices in cases where a payment has been credited to a taxpayer, but no return has been processed.

However, the group said in. a statement this week  the majority of erroneous stem from “numerous other circumstances where taxpayers are crying out for help, especially the underserved and minority communities.”

“Simply put, more is needed to offer meaningful relief to individuals and small businesses, and we urge the IRS to implement all of our recommendations,” the statement said.

Coalition members are the American Institute of CPAs, Latino Tax Pros, National Association of Black Accountants,, National Association of Enrolled Agents, National Association of Tax Professionals), National Conference of CPA Practitioners,, National Society of Accountants, National Society of Black Certified Public Accountants National Society of Tax Professionals, Padgett Business Services, the Diverse Organization of Firms, H&R Block and Prosperity Now. 

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Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards.  Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He  has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that.  A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind