NEW TAXPAYER ADVOCACY PANEL MEMBERS SELECTED

We are pleased to announce the selection of 30 new members to serve on the nationwide Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP).

The new TAP members will join 71 returning members to round out the panel of 101 volunteers for 2010. The new members were selected from more than 900 interested individuals from all over the country who applied during an open recruitment period last spring.

“TAP members represent the typical taxpayer and provide the IRS with invaluable insights that are crucial to sound tax administration,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman.

TAP members work with IRS executives on priority topics, primarily those involving the Wage & Investment and Small Business/Self-Employed operating divisions. Members also serve as a conduit for bringing grassroots concerns raised by the taxpaying public to the attention of the IRS, along with recommendations for improvement.

TAP members are U.S. citizens who volunteer to serve a three-year appointment and are expected to devote 300 to 500 hours per year to panel activities. TAP members are demographically and geographically diverse providing balanced representation from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Taxpayers can contact the TAP representative for their geographic area by calling 1-888-912-1227 (a toll-free call) or submit suggestions via the Comments page of this web site. Taxpayers can also send written correspondence to the TAP at the following address:

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP)
TA:TAP, Room 1314
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20224

Individuals interested in volunteering to serve on TAP for 2011 may submit an application via this web site during the next open recruiting period, which will begin in March 2010.

A list of the new TAP members by state is provided below.