Erin M. Collins is the National Taxpayer Advocate, appointed to the role in March 2020 by Secretary Mnuchin. In this position she oversees the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) and serves as the “Voice of the Taxpayer” within the IRS and before Congress. TAS operates as a “safety net” for taxpayers by advocating for the resolution of individual and business taxpayer issues within the IRS, and it also administers the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic federal grant program and the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. As National Taxpayer Advocate, Erin identifies and works toward systemic changes for all taxpayers while protecting taxpayer rights, and through her Annual Report to Congress she advances administrative and legislative changes intended to protect those rights and improve the quality of taxpayer service and tax administration as an independent voice inside the IRS. She regularly testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Oversight Subcommittee, and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on tax administration and taxpayer rights.