{"id":11090,"date":"2016-03-22T04:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=11090"},"modified":"2016-03-21T22:31:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T03:31:02","slug":"tennessee-department-of-commerce-insurance-says-free-consumer-tax-help-available-through-irs-taxpayer-advocate-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2016\/03\/22\/tennessee-department-of-commerce-insurance-says-free-consumer-tax-help-available-through-irs-taxpayer-advocate-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Department of Commerce &#038; Insurance says Free Consumer Tax Help Available through IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-321814\" title=\"Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Tennessee-Department-of-Commerce-and-Insurance.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\" width=\"250\" height=\"88\" \/><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; With Tax Day only a month away, the Tennessee Department of Commerce &amp; Insurance\u2019s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs wants the public to know they have a voice at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many, filing income taxes is a task that can be time-consuming and stressful,\u201d TDCI Deputy Commissioner Bill Giannini said. \u201cOur Consumer Affairs team and our partners with the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service remind Tennesseans that tax help is just a phone call away.\u201d<!--more-->The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within IRS that helps taxpayers and protects taxpayer rights. TAS can help if you need assistance resolving an IRS problem, if your problem is causing financial difficulty, or if you believe an IRS system or procedure isn\u2019t working as it should.<\/p>\n<p>The service is free.<\/p>\n<h4>If you are a Tennessee taxpayer seeking help, utilize the information below to contact your local TAS office:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Middle TN and East TN<\/strong><br \/>\n801 Broadway, Stop 22<br \/>\nNashville, TN 37203<br \/>\nPhone: 615.250.5000<br \/>\nFax: 855.828.2719<\/p>\n<p><strong>Memphis<\/strong><br \/>\n5333 Getwell Road, Stop 13<br \/>\nMemphis, TN 38118<br \/>\nPhone: 901.395.1900<br \/>\nFax: 855.829.1821<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/\" >www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Toll-Free Phone Number:<\/strong><br \/>\n1.877.777.4778<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Online Resources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/get-help\" >www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/get-help<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/about-us\/learn-more-eligibility\" >www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov\/about-us\/learn-more-eligibility<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YourVoiceAtIRS\" >Facebook.com\/YourVoiceAtIRS<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourVoiceatIRS\" >Twitter.com\/YourVoiceatIRS<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TASNTA\" >YouTube.com\/TASNTA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember, if you decide to hire a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to file your taxes, you may contact the Tennessee Board of Accountancy to find out if complaints or disciplinary actions have been filed against him\/her.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the Tennessee Board of Accountancy at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:accountancy.board@tn.gov\">accountancy.board@tn.gov<\/a> or 888.453.6150. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tn.gov\/regboards\" >www.tn.gov\/regboards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more consumer resources, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tn.gov\/consumer\" >www.tn.gov\/consumer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; With Tax Day only a month away, the Tennessee Department of Commerce &amp; Insurance\u2019s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs wants the public to know they have a voice at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). \u201cFor many, filing income taxes is a task that can be time-consuming and stressful,\u201d TDCI Deputy Commissioner Bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[8486,4482,5948,2953,641,642,1619,10831,284,7721,10832,5128,2288],"class_list":["post-11090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","tag-bill-giannini","tag-certified-public-accountants","tag-cpa","tag-income-taxes","tag-internal-revenue-service","tag-irs","tag-memphis-tn","tag-midde-tennessee","tag-nashville-tn","tag-taxpayer-advocate-service","tag-tennessee-board-of-accountancy","tag-tennessee-consumer-affairs","tag-tennessee-department-of-commerce-and-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11091,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions\/11091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}