IRS Mailing Surveys to Taxpayers

The IRS is seeking to better understand the time and cost burdens faced by taxpayers when complying with the many requirements imposed by tax legislation, regulations, and IRS filings, both in terms of time the taxpayer invests in complying with the requirements and any associated costs. To that end, the IRS Office of Research through an outside contractor, is sending surveys to the following categories of taxpayers to solicit information:

• Business Taxpayers – this has already begun;
• Individual Taxpayers – these are being mailed during August;
• Tax Exempt Taxpayers – these will be mailed in September;
• Post-Filing Burdens (after audits) – will be mailed in early 2012.

These surveys are from the IRS and are not a ruse by some marketing firm to solicit information. Participation in filling our these surveys is purely voluntary on the taxpayers part.