My Tax Relief Advice

I advised that my best tax advice ever was to open the mail from the IRS. I find that to be, for many taxpayers, the single hardest thing to do.
Of course, opening the mail isn’t always enough. Generally, the notice or letter advises you to take some sort of action, whether that’s send a copy of a check or receipt, make a payment or contact the IRS. With respect to the latter, that’s the sort of thing that stops many taxpayers dead in their tracks. They don’t want to have to communicate with the IRS in any way. The good news is that you don’t always have to: you can have your tax professional or other third party do it for you.
Before we go any further, you have to understand that the IRS has some pretty serious privacy rules. They won’t talk to just anybody about your tax account and even then, they are limited in what they can (and will) share with you or a third party.
There are a few basic options for allowing a third party to contact the IRS on your behalf:
1. Third Party Designee. If you want someone else – your tax preparer, a friend, a family member, or any other person – to be able to discuss your tax return with the IRS, you can designate that person directly on the return using the space provided just above the signature line: