Commonly Used Telephone Numbers
IRS Tax Information for Individuals Telephone Device for the Deaf (TDD)
1-800-829-1040 (7 a.m. – 10 p.m., local time) 1-800-829-4059 (7 a.m. – 10 p.m., local time)
IRS Forms & Publications Refund Hot Line Tax Fraud Referral Hotline
1-800-829-3676 1-800-829-1954 1-800-829-0433
E-help Desk (Practitioners Only) E-File, EFTPS, E-Services, Tele-File
1-866-255-0654
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
1-800-829-4933
Tax Exempt/Government Entities (TE/GE) Hotline
1-877-829-5500
Business and Specialty Tax Help
1-800-829-4933
Disaster Assistance Hotline
1-866-562-5227
Websites
IRS Tax Information IRS Forms & Publications E-Services for Tax Pros EFTPS EIN IRS Small Bus/SE IRS News
http://www.irs.gov https://www.irs.gov/Forms-&-Pubs https://www.irs.gov/Tax-Professionals/e-services
http://www.eftps.gov http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small http://www.irs.gov/smallbiz https://www.irs.gov/News-&-Events
Published by SB/SE Louisiana January 2017
LOUISIANA Telephone Directory for Tax Practitioners
Phone Number
Counsel - 600 S. Maestri Place, Stop #18, New Orleans, LA 70130
Fax Number
Susan Canavello Assoc. Area Counsel for SBSE
Small Business/Self Employed Stakeholder Liaison Field Shane Ferguson, Director Craig Crews, Mid-South Area Manager (615) 250-5791 801 Broadway, Room 483, Nashville, TN 37203
Robert Jones, Collection Acting Group Mgr. Manager John Tuzynski, Chief, Employment Tax James E. Taylor, Employment Tax Group Manager
(901) 505-6565
(866) 784-8353
(469) 801-1166
(972) 308-7259
(504) 202-9653
(504) 202-9805
SPEC – Stakeholder Partnership Education and Communication Dietra Grant, SPEC Director Burnell Stepter, New Orleans/Jackson (504) 202-9745 (855) 531-8972 Territory Manager, 1555 Poydras St., Stop #5, New Orleans, LA Orleans, Large & LA Mid-Size Business – 1555 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA (713)209-4155 (504) 202-9691
Criminal Investigation New Orleans Special Agent In Charge, Jerome McDuffie (504) 434-6447 Stop # 3, 600 S. Maestri Place, New Orleans, LA 70130
Stakeholder Liaison Local New Orleans Office 1555 Poydras Street, Suite 220, Stop 54 New Orleans, LA 70112-3747
Contact Person: Sharon Evans Contact Person: Earline Stennis
(504)202-9655 (504)202-9744
(504) 202-9823 (504) 202-9823
Communication Liaison- 1555 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA
(214) 413-5293
Bankruptcy – Centralized Insolvency Operations Unit
Centralized Authorization File (CAF) 5333 Getwell Road, Stop 8423 Memphis, TN 38118
(800) 973-0424
(888) 530-5735
(504) 202-9614 (855) 822-3418
(877) 777-4778
Disclosure Manager – Pamela S. Tompkins
70112 Eileen Johnson, Territory Manager, Natural Resources Resources Jeanette Lynch, Group Manager, Stop #56
(904) 665-1300 (504) 202-9741
Taxpayer Advocate – 1555 Poydras St., Stop 2, New Orleans, LA Taxpayer Advocate Toll Free Hot Line
512-499-5013 (Alternative Fax)
Estate and Gift Tax - 1555 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
Ardis Agosto, LA Taxpayer Advocate
Wage & Investment- 1555 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70112 Vicki Fairly, Area Director (Taxpayer Asst.) Assistance) Karen Durand, Field Territory Manager, Stop #32
855-293-4178 EFax (Primary #) 512-499-5677
Miliene McCutcheon, Group Manager Terry Smith, Legal Assistant
(504) 202-9751
SBSE – Compliance – Exam Leslye Baronich, Director, Gulf States Exam Lasaros Papanastassiou, Acting Territory Manager
Stephen P. Lacey, Appeals Team Manager
Quinton Smith, Area Director (956) 365-5132
(504) 434-6472
APPEALS - 600 S. Maestri Pl., Stop 20, New Orleans, LA 70130 (615) 250-5937
SBSE – Compliance – Collection David Saenz, Acting Territory Manager
(504) 434-6419
(855) 214-7519
Employer Identification Number Centralized Lien Processing Unit
(800) 829-4933 (800) 913-6050
IRS Practitioner Priority Line
1-866-860-4259
855-390-3528
