Received a call Friday just after finishing the refund post. One thing I can not help with is speeding up a refund.
I mean most cases the fees I would charge to call the Taxpayer Advocate Office (TAO) on your behalf would be higher than you’d be willing to pay.
I would need a Form 2848, Power of Attorney, a letter of engagement, and payment of services. Roughly it averages $500.00 to just get started. I would pull a transcript of your tax account and the tax return transcript. Then, based on that, I would call you back to discuss what they show. If you decide to proceed, a brief discussion of the categories the Advocate can help taxpayers and lay out a plan.
It is at this point you would more that likely say something like, you want how much? The fee would be in the neighborhood of $1,500. After all I will have to keep contacting them for updates and make sure things don’t fall through the cracks.
The caller decided they would try on their own. Anyway, I will try.