taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov | Website SEO Review

Response time

1.20 s

File size

167.20 kB

Words

1113

Media files

44

Number of links

117 internal / 5 external

Meta specifications 78% achieved

Title

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Home - Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) - Taxpayer Advocate Service

The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 632 pixels long. Optimize title

There are word repetitions in the page title.

Meta Title

Meta description

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The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS. We’re here to ensure that every taxpayer is treated fairly.

The length of the meta description is perfect. (873 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

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There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

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https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

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Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en-us

Server location: United States of America

The following language is defined by HTML: en-us

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

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There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

Other meta tags

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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.

There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.

Meta Tags

Domain

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The domain name is very long.

The domain is no subdomain.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

Page URL

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No parameters were found in the URL.

No session ID was found in the URL.

The URL does not have too many subdirectories.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

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Favicon

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The favicon is linked correctly.

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Meta tags

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robots	index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
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og:image:width	500
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X-UA-Compatible	IE=edge
charset	UTF-8

Page quality 82% achieved

Content

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This page contains 1113 words. That's ok.

33.7% of the text are stop words.

Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!

The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.

7 paragraphs were found on this page.

The text content is perfect.

No placeholders texts or images were found.

There are no duplicates on the site.

The average number of words per sentence of 22.63 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

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This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.

At least one Apple touch icon is specified.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 22 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

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38 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

Additional markup

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No additional page markup was found.

HTTPS

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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

HTTPS

Media list

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Page structure 58% achieved

H1 heading

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We’re your voice at the IRS

The H1 heading is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

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Some headings occur twice on the page.

There are 57 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Some headings do not have any content.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	We’re your voice at the IRS
H2	How can we help?
H2	Did you get a notice from the IRS?
H2	Get help with a specific tax issue
H2	Get help with your taxes and tax disputes
H2	Tax Assistance
H2	Do you need financial help to file your taxes?
H2	Did you know there is a Taxpayer Bill of Rights?
H2	The Latest News & Information
H2	Empty heading
H2	Learn how the Taxpayer Advocate Service advocates for taxpayers
H2	We’re your advocate
H2	Our Mission
H3	Our Priorities
H4	Popular searches:
H4	Premium Tax Credit Change Estimator
H4	Events with your Local Taxpayer Advocate
H4	Section 403 of the TAS Act Would Clarify the Taxpayer Advocate Service’s Abili...
H4	Section 603 of the TAS Act Could Help Taxpayers Get Refunds Faster
H4	Rain or Shine: The IRS Must Prepare Now for Next Year’s Filing Season
H4	Criminal VDP: TAS Reports a Win For Taxpayers – IRS Agrees to Remove Willf...
H4	What to do if you receive notification your tax return is being examined or audi...
H4	Here is What You Need to Know for June
H4	What to do if you receive an IRS balance due notice for taxes you have already p...
H4	Celebrating Taxpayer Advocate Service and Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Collaborati...
H5	We help taxpayers with problems they can’t resolve with the IRS
H5	We understand you and we’re here to help you
H5	We protect taxpayers rights
H5	We recommend changes to Congress to help prevent future problems
H5	Paying Taxes
H5	Filing returns
H5	Issues & errors
H5	Interacting with the IRS
H5	International
H5	Small Business
H5	Refunds
H5	Credits
H5	General
H5	Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) / Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE)
H5	ACA Assistance
H5	Problem Solving Days
H5	Empty heading
H5	Success Stories
H6	NTA Blog
H6	7/15/2025
H6	NTA Blog Duplicate text
H6	7/8/2025
H6	NTA Blog Duplicate text
H6	6/26/2025
H6	NTA Blog Duplicate text
H6	6/24/2025
H6	Tax Tips
H6	7/15/2025 Duplicate text
H6	Tax News
H6	6/10/2025
H6	Tax Tips Duplicate text
H6	6/10/2025 Duplicate text
H6	Success Stories Duplicate text
H6	6/10/2025 Duplicate text

Link structure 75% achieved

Internal links

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Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

1 links don't have an anchor text.

The number of internal links is ok.

None of the anchor texts is too long.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 5 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
/	Subdomain	IMG-ALT logo
/get-help/taxpayer-rights/		Taxpayer Bill of Rights
/get-help/	Subdomain	Get Help
/taxpayer-resources/	Subdomain	Resources for Taxpayers
/taxnews-information/	Subdomain	Tax News & Information
/reports/	Subdomain	Our Reports to Congress
/contact-us/	Subdomain	Contact Us
/get-help/taxpayer-rights/	Text duplicate	Taxpayer Bill of Rights
/get-help/	Subdomain	VIEW ALL HELP
/notices-from-the-irs/		Look-up your notice
/get-help/roadmap/		Read more about your notice or letter
/get-help/paying-taxes/		Paying Taxes
/get-help/issues-errors/		Issues & errors
/get-help/general/		General
/get-help/filing-returns/		Filing returns
/get-help/interacting-with-the...		Interacting with the IRS
/get-help/small-business/		Small business
/get-help/refunds		Refunds
/get-help/credits/		Credits
/get-help/international/		International
/get-help/refunds/		See what steps you can take to locate it
/get-help/paying-taxes/i-need-...		I Need Help Resolving My Balance Due
/disaster-relief/	Subdomain	Tax guidance for taxpayers affected by disasters
/tax-professionals/		News and Information for Tax Pros
/taxpayer-resources/	Subdomain	View all taxpayer resources
/taxpayer-resources/tax-tips/		View Tax Tips
/can-tas-help-me-with-my-tax-i...		Use the TAS qualifier tool
/about-us/low-income-taxpayer-...		Learn more about LITC
/get-help/filing-returns/vita-...		Get free tax assistance
/contact-us/upcoming-events/	Subdomain	Find a local event
/taxnews-information/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Tax News & Information
/taxnews-information/blogs-nta/		View the Latest
/taxnews-information/most-rece...		Tax Tips
/taxnews-information/most-rece...		Tax News
/taxnews-information/most-rece...		Success Stories
/taxnews-information/tax-pros/		Information for Tax Pros
/taxnews-information/most-rece...		Tax Pros Articles
/reports/	Subdomain	View all reports
/reports/2024-annual-report-to...		View the latest report
/reports/		View past reports
/reports/2026-objectives-repor...	Text duplicate	View the latest report
/reports/	Text duplicate	View past reports
/reports/2024-annual-report-to...		View the latest Purple Book
/reports/		View the past Purple Books
/arc-recommendations-tracker/	Subdomain	View Recommendations
/annual-report-to-congress-rep...		View the Report Cards
/research-studies/		See Research Studies
/about-us/congressional-testim...		Congressional Testimony
/foia/	Subdomain	Learn More
/tas-operational-plan/	Subdomain	View the Current Objective Statuses
/tas-operational-plan-archive/	Subdomain	View the Past Objective Statuses
/contact-us/	Subdomain	Contact us
/contact-us/submit-a-request-f...		Submit a request for assistance
/can-tas-help-me-with-my-tax-i...	Text duplicate	Use the TAS qualifier tool
/contact-us/		Find a local TAS office
/socialmedia/	Subdomain	Find out more
/submit-a-tax-reform/		Submit a suggestion for the IRS
/home/systemic-advocacy-manage...	Subdomain	Submit an issue through our Systemic Advocacy Management System (SAMS)
/taxnews-information/	Subdomain	News
/get-help/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Get Help
/our-reports-to-congress/	Subdomain	Reports
/?s&filter=tax_terms	Subdomain	Tax Terms
/notices-from-the-irs/	Subdomain	Notices
/news/tax-tips/what-to-do-if-y...	New window Subdomain	No Text
/about-us/		About us
/notices-from-the-irs/		Browse all IRS notices
/notices/cp-504/	Subdomain	Notice CP504
/notices/notice-cp-12/	Subdomain	Notice CP12
/notices/notice-cp14/	Subdomain	Notice CP14
/get-help/roadmap/	Subdomain	Roadmap
/get-help/	Subdomain	Learn more
/get-help/paying-taxes/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Paying Taxes
/get-help/filing-returns/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Filing returns
/get-help/issues-errors/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Issues & errors
/get-help/interacting-with-the...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Interacting with the IRS
/get-help/international/	Subdomain Text duplicate	International
/get-help/small-business/	Subdomain	Small Business
/get-help/refunds/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Refunds
/get-help/credits/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Credits
/get-help/general/	Subdomain Text duplicate	General
/get-help/filing-returns/vita-...	Text duplicate	Learn more
/can-tas-help-me-with-my-tax-i...		Use the TAS Qualifier Tool
/about-us/low-income-taxpayer-...	Subdomain	Find a LITC
/get-help/filing-returns/vita-...	Text duplicate	Learn more
/estimator/premiumtaxcreditcha...	Subdomain	ACA Assistance Premium Tax Credit Change Estimator Health Care Premium Tax Credit
/contact-us/upcoming-events/ta...		Problem Solving Days Events with your Local Taxpayer Advocate Free tax assistance
/contact-us/upcoming-events/		View all TAS assistance
/get-help/taxpayer-rights/	Subdomain	Read more about your rights
/news/nta-blog/section-403-of-...	Subdomain	NTA Blog 7/15/2025 Section 403 of the TAS Act Would Clarify the Taxpayer Advocate Service’s Abili...
/news/nta-blog/section-603-of-...	Subdomain	NTA Blog 7/8/2025 Section 603 of the TAS Act Could Help Taxpayers Get Refunds Faster
/news/nta-blog/rain-or-shine-t...	Subdomain	NTA Blog 6/26/2025 Rain or Shine: The IRS Must Prepare Now for Next Year’s Filing Season
/news/nta-blog/criminal-vdp-ta...	Subdomain	NTA Blog 6/24/2025 Criminal VDP: TAS Reports a Win For Taxpayers – IRS Agrees to Remove Willf...
/news/tax-tips/receive-notific...	Subdomain	Tax Tips 7/15/2025 What to do if you receive notification your tax return is being examined or audi...
/news/tax-news/here-is-what-yo...	Subdomain	Tax News 6/10/2025 Here is What You Need to Know for June
/news/tax-tips/what-to-do-if-y...	Subdomain	Tax Tips 6/10/2025 What to do if you receive an IRS balance due notice for taxes you have already p...
/news/success-stories/celebrat...	Subdomain	Success Stories 6/10/2025 Celebrating Taxpayer Advocate Service and Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Collaborati...
/news-category/nta-blog/		NTA Blog Stay up to date with the latest blogs from the National Taxpayer Advocate. Read more
/news-category/tax-tips/		Tax Tips Read the latest Tax Tips to help you stay informed. Read more
/news-category/success-stories/		Success Stories Quick Action by the Taxpayer Advocate Service means confidence in your taxes. Read more
/news-category/tax-news/		Tax News Keep informed with our Tax News articles and stay up to date with the latest changes in taxes. Read more
/news-category/success-stories/	Subdomain	View All Success Stories
/contact-us/		Contact an advocate
/get-help/taxpayer-rights/		Your Taxpayer Rights
/home/systemic-advocacy-manage...	Subdomain	Submit an issue
/about-us/		Who we are
/about-us/our-leadership/		Our Leadership
/reports/		Reports to Congress
/news-category/success-stories/		Success stories
/contact-us/submit-a-request-f...		Request Assistance
/about-us/	Text duplicate	About us
/contact-us/	Text duplicate	Contact us
/contact-us/subscribe-to-tas/		Subscribe
/get-help/taxpayer-rights/		Taxpayer Rights
/taxnews-information/	Text duplicate	Tax News
https://www.irs.gov/privacy-di...	New window External Subdomain	Privacy policy
/Accessibility/	Subdomain	Accessibility
/faqs/	Subdomain	FAQs
https://www.facebook.com/YourV...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.twitter.com/yourvo...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.youtube.com/TASNTA	New window External Subdomain	No Text
/	Subdomain	IMG-ALT footer_logo_one

Server configuration 70% achieved

HTTP redirects

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This page redirects to "https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

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The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.

The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)

The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.

HTTP headers

Performance

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The page response time is slow (1.20 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (167 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

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http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

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This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 798 referring domains.

This page has 2,852 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 580 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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Home - Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) - Taxpayer Advocate Service

The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS. We’re here to ensure that every taxpayer is treated fairly.

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Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

Keyword	Result	Recheck
Taxpayer	81%	Check
Taxpayer Advocate	80%	Check
Advocate	79%	Check
IRS	79%	Check
Tax	78%	Check
Taxpayer Advocate Service	75%	Check
IRS Tax	74%	Check
TAS	68%	Check
Service	66%	Check
Income Taxpayer	62%	Check
taxpayer rights	62%	Check
Taxpayer Bill	61%	Check
National Taxpayer	61%	Check
Tax Tips	59%	Check
Tax News	59%	Check
tax issue	56%	Check
tax assistance	56%	Check
Income Tax	56%	Check
Tax Problems	56%	Check
Tax Pros	56%	Check
Low Income Taxpayer	56%	Check
Tax Return	56%	Check
Tax Preparation	56%	Check
Tax Experts	56%	Check
Tax Professionals	56%	Check

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