Daniel J. Pilla is a tax litigation consultant and executive director of the Tax Freedom Institute, a national association of tax professionals. He is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court. He is the author of 11 books, hundreds of articles, and dozens of research reports on IRS problems resolution and taxpayers rights issues. One of his books, The IRS Problem Solver, was ranked by The Wall Street Journal as the number one tax book in America. His book How to Fire the IRS started the national debate on abolishing the IRS that took place throughout the 1990s. He was on the editorial board of the Institute for Policy Innovation’s “Road Map to Tax Reform Project” in 2001 and a consultant to the National Commission on Restructuring the IRS. He has two Web sites, at www.taxhelponline.com and www.taxfreedominstitute.com. He speaks nationwide to tax professional associations, trade associations, and citizens’ groups on taxpayers’ rights and tax policy issues.