Tax Justice Warriors

Andrew Belter and William Schmidt discuss some recent topics of concern for Low Income Taxpayer Clinics.  For one, Andrew brings up the difficulties with regard to reaching the IRS on the phones to ge...

25 Mar 202225min

This week, Andrew Belter and William Schmidt look at some U.S. Tax Court topics. First, the case Boechler v. Commissioner is before the U.S. Supreme Court where they have heard oral arguments.  In bri...

11 Mar 202227min

ID.me is a recent platform that the IRS was using as an online identity verification process for taxpayers to access self-help tools.  To verify their identity with ID.me, taxpayers needed to provide ...

25 Feb 202242min

Well, before we started we didn’t think we had anything to talk about!  Andrew Belter (Wisconsin Judicare) and William Schmidt (Legal Aid of Western Missouri) caught up on recent tax news as the tax s...

11 Feb 202246min

Welcome to the tax filing season!  Andrew Belter and William Schmidt start with a discussion of reconciling the child tax credit with Letter 6419.  From there, we turn to differences between state and...

28 Jan 202225min

Happy New Year 2022!  Andrew Belter and William Schmidt discuss what the year will hold regarding taxes.  The individual tax season will begin on January 24 and is expected to last through April 18 th...

14 Jan 202235min

Andrew Belter and William Schmidt do an end of year discussion.  They talk about the LITC conference and how the year has been working with the IRS.  Along with that, they discuss how the year went – ...

1 Jan 202237min

On this episode, Andrew Belter and William Schmidt discuss issues that the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is having in 2021.  Due to the IRS being backed up, taxpayers are contacting TAS for assistan...

15 Des 202129min