National taxpayer advocate to IRS: Speed it up!

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, has noted an improvement in the Internal Revenue Service's processing of exemption applications, but still sees room for improvement. As anyone who has applied for exemption recognition recently can attest, she's absolutely right. The process needs to improve - ten years ago the process was measured in months (even weeks if you were lucky). Now, the length of your wait can last over a year under some circumstances...