1.   After more than two decades on the council and three failed bids for mayor, the taxpayer advocate is leaving his office at mid-term.

2.   It establishes an outside board with authority to oversee IRS management and policies, and strengthens the role of the taxpayer advocate, an internal ombudsman.

3.   Olson said as taxpayer advocate she has her own simplification plan for her report to Congress later this year.

4.   Olson, the taxpayer advocate, said her years running a clinic for low-income taxpayers taught her that the earned income tax credit is unnecessarily complex.

5.   Still, any boost in spending disturbs taxpayer advocates.

6.   Taxpayer advocates were also outraged.

7.   Taxpayer advocates were outraged.

8.   Taxpayer advocates say elected officials should not accept any gifts to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

9.   The Atlantan has now paid the original bill, but he is fighting the rest of the charges in the newly strengthened IRS office of the national taxpayer advocate.

10.   The bill, which President Clinton said he would speedily sign, also strengthens the role of a taxpayer advocate.