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Jim Buttonow

Jim Buttonow, CPA, CITP, has been a leader in helping taxpayers and tax professionals resolve tax problems with the IRS. For 19 years, he worked at the IRS in various compliance enforcement positions. Since 2006, he has been in private practice and tax and accounting software development. Buttonow served as chairperson of the IRS Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee in 2015 and 2016 and as the North Carolina representative on the IRS' Taxpayer Advocacy Panel from 2020-2022. He regularly speaks on areas of tax administration and problem solving to national associations and has testified before Congress in areas of tax administration. He has also published many articles in industry publications, and currently authors CCH's "Tax Problems and Solutions Handbook," a publication aimed at helping tax pros work more effectively in post-filing matters and resolving their clients' most common tax problems. Reach him at Jim.Buttonow@gmail.com or at buttonowcpa.com.