Senate Panel to Get Advice on Tax Services, Gig Economy Issues

Taxpayer service improvements, electronic resources, and compliance in the sharing economy are among the concerns tax professionals plan to raise at a July 26 Senate subcommittee hearing.

Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), chairman and ranking minority member, respectively, of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, intend the hearing to focus on improving tax administration.

“While the hearing will cover a wide-range of topics, I’m particularly interested in hearing about tax compliance in the gig economy and the important work volunteer tax filing sites are doing in Virginia,” Warner said in an emailed ...