The Innocent Spouse Manual
Representing the Low Income Taxpayer in an Innocent Spouse Case
Robert B. Nadler of the Legal Aid Society and the Tennessee Taxpayer Project wrote the Innocent Spouse Manual for the attorneys who represent low-income taxpayers. Click here for information about the author. While the overall goal was to identify and address issues unique to low income taxpayers, much of the content applies to all taxpayers seeking innocent spouse relief.
This 60 page Innocent Spouse Manual explains how to effectively represent your client from the first meeting with the client through the Tax Court trial. Click here for a copy of the Table of Contents.
You will learn proven strategies that will help you:
• Understand the elements of each type of innocent spouse relief.
• Conduct a more productive first meeting.
• Discover how the final determination letter affects the burden of proof.
• Use discovery and the stipulation of facts to strengthen your client’s case.
• Prepare the most important witness to testify
• Prepare a more effective equitable relief case
• Learn many more important matters.
The manual is free to low income tax clinics operating under I.R.C. section 7526 grants and to other legal aid offices that represent taxpayers in innocent spouse controversies. To obtain a PDF copy, fax a request for the manual on your Organization’s Letterhead to 615-244-6186. Direct the request to Robert B. Nadler and include your email address in the letter.
Attorneys and others outside the legal aid community can purchase the Innocent Spouse Manual for a $50.00 fee. Click here for an order form. Special rates are available for bulk orders in excess of ten copies. Please send the order form and a check payable to the Legal Aid Society, 300 Deaderick Street, Nashville Tennessee 37201. You will be sent a PDF of the manual by email.
Volume discounts are available. Call R. Nadler at 615-780-7135.
