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• TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS
  
  When Congress passed the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act in 1998, it instructed the IRS to change its mission statement and to tell taxpayers what they can expect when dealing with the agency. Among the orders: shift the burden of proof in tax cases from the taxpayer to the IRS and extend the attorney-client confidentiality privilege to communications between a taxpayer and any individual authorized to practice before the IRS, such as CPAs, enrolled agents and enrolled actuaries. These and othe
  
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