What's New
              Important Tax Changes for 2002
              Practitioner Priority Service 
              
            Beginning January 2, tax practitioners will be able to call in 
              to the IRS's new fast, accurate, consistent and comprehensive nationwide 
              hotline. Our new Practitioner Priority Service professional support 
              line will be staffed by IRS customer service representatives specially 
              trained to handle practitioners' account related questions. Practitioner 
              Priority Service will be open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
              local time.
            The toll-free number for Practitioner Priority Service is: 1-866-860-4259.
              (Many local IRS practitioner hotlines will remain operational until 
              June 2002.)
            What's the benefit?
            
              - Practitioner Priority Service is staffed for and offered to 
                the professional tax preparation community exclusively.
- Practitioner Priority Service is toll-free.
- Practitioner Priority Service is nationwide