Notice2024-02471
Recruitment Notice for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
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Published
February 7, 2024
Issuing agencies
Treasury DepartmentInternal Revenue Service
Abstract
Notice of open season for recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) members.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 8520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02471]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Recruitment Notice for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice of open season for recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy
Panel (TAP) members.
DATES: January 31, 2024, through March 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred N. Smith, Jr. at 202-317-3087
(not a toll-free call).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Department
of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are inviting
individuals to help improve the nation's tax agency by applying to be
members of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP). The mission of the TAP is
to listen to taxpayers, identify issues that affect taxpayers, and make
suggestions for improving IRS service and customer satisfaction. The
TAP serves as an advisory body to the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and the National Taxpayer Advocate.
TAP members will participate in subcommittees that channel their
feedback to the IRS through the Panel's parent committee.
The IRS is seeking applicants who have an interest in good
government, a personal commitment to volunteer approximately 200 to 300
hours a year, and a desire to help improve IRS customer service. As a
federal advisory committee, TAP is required to have a fairly balanced
membership in terms of the points of view represented. Thus, TAP
membership represents a cross-section of the taxpaying public with at
least one member from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico, in addition to one member representing international taxpayers.
For these purposes, ``international taxpayers'' are broadly defined to
include U.S. citizens working, living, or doing business abroad.
Potential candidates must be U.S. citizens, not a current employee of
any Bureau of the Treasury Department or have worked for any Bureau of
the Treasury Department within the three years of December 1 of the
current year and must pass a federal tax compliance check and a Federal
Bureau of Investigation criminal background investigation. Applicants
who practice before the IRS must be in good standing with the IRS
(meaning not currently under suspension or disbarment). Federally-
registered lobbyists cannot be members of the TAP. The IRS is seeking
members or alternates in the following locations: Alabama, Alaska,
Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana,
International, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Vermont and West Virginia. TAP members are a diverse group of
citizens who represent the interests of taxpayers, from their
respective geographic locations as well as taxpayers overall. Members
provide feedback from a taxpayer's perspective on ways to improve IRS
customer service and administration of the federal tax system, by
identifying grassroots taxpayer issues. Members should have good
communication skills and be able to speak to taxpayers about TAP and
its activities, while clearly distinguishing between TAP positions and
their personal viewpoints.
Interested applicants should visit the TAP website at
<a href="http://www.improveirs.org">www.improveirs.org</a> for more information about TAP. Applications may be
submitted online at <a href="http://www.usajobs.gov">www.usajobs.gov</a>. For questions about TAP
membership, call the TAP toll-free number, 1-888-912-1227 and select
prompt 5. Callers who are outside of the U.S. should call 202-317-3087
(not a toll-free call).
The opening date for submitting applications is January 31, 2024,
and the deadline for submitting applications is March 15, 2024.
Interviews will be held. The Department of the Treasury will review the
recommended candidates and make final selections. New TAP members will
serve a three-year term starting in December 2024. (Note: highly ranked
applicants not selected as members may be placed on a roster of
alternates who will be eligible to fill future vacancies that may occur
on the Panel.)
Questions regarding the selection of TAP members may be directed to
Fred N. Smith, Jr., Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, Internal Revenue Service,
1111 Constitution Avenue NW, TA:TAP Room 1509, Washington, DC 20224, or
202-317-3087 (not a toll-free call).
Dated: February 2, 2024.
Kevin Brown,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. 2024-02471 Filed 2-6-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4830-01-P
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