H. R. 997 proposes changes to the Internal Revenue Code to align with the intentions of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. The bill aims to allow the National Taxpayer Advocate to hire and consult legal counsel directly. These amendments are...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to let the person in charge of helping taxpayers, called the National Taxpayer Advocate, get their own lawyer to help them do their job better. It means this person can pick someone to help them with legal stuff just like how they would have done it back in 1998.