IRS Continues to Work Toward Accessibility for All Taxpayers

It can be intimidating to receive correspondence from the IRS—but what if you couldn’t understand any of it?

Accessibility Lawsuit

That’s what visually impaired taxpayers alleged was happening in a lawsuit filed against the US Treasury in 2019. In their complaint, three taxpayers and the National Federation of the Blind Inc. charged that the IRS was sending notices and letters in a format that was not readily accessible to most blind people.

Most blind people, they noted, typically have an alternative primary reading method such as Braille, screen-access software, large print, or audio recording that allows them to access and ...