Fund Low-Income State Taxpayer Clinics to Increase Tax Justice

Recovery was hard for a Gulf War veteran who was injured during his military service and then battled alcohol addiction back home. Addiction led to homelessness—and an increasing federal tax debt. When he finally summoned the courage to walk into a Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, he owed the IRS $20,000.

The clinic he visited was one of many federally supported LITCs devoted to helping disadvantaged taxpayers navigate IRS disputes and to access tax justice. While the veteran returned to college to rebuild his life, clinic volunteers prepared and filed an offer-in-compromise, then negotiated with the IRS to extinguish his debt in ...