Your Next Fortune Cookie Might Contain Tax Advice From the IRS

December 7, 2023, 9:36 PM UTC

The IRS is finding new ways to reach taxpayers beyond the typical means of communication—including through fortune cookies.

“Now when people go into a Chinese restaurant, and they open up their fortune cookie, they not only can get a fortune, but they get some tax advice as well,” Derek Ganter, director of stakeholder liaison at the Internal Revenue Service, said Thursday.

This is one example of the efforts of the Tax Outreach, Partnership and Education team that is a part of the IRS’s communications and liaison office. The team was created to build partnerships with emerging national organizations and ...

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