82 FR 13925 - Recruitment Notice for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 49 (March 15, 2017)

Notice of Open Season for Recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) Members

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13925-13926]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05067]


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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: March 8, 2017 through April 24, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred N. Smith, Jr. 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 membership be 
fairly balanced 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 application purposes, ``international taxpayers'' are defined 
broadly to include U.S. citizens working, living, or doing business 
abroad or in a U.S. territory. Potential candidates must be U.S. 
citizens 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. 
Federally-registered lobbyists cannot be members of the TAP. Current 
employees of any Bureau of the Treasury Department or have worked for 
any Bureau of the Treasury Department within three years of

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December 1 of the current year are not eligible. The IRS is seeking 
members or alternates in the following locations:
    Locations that need Members:
    Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, 
Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, 
New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, 
Virginia, Vermont, and Washington. The TAP is also seeking to include 
at least one (1) additional member to represent international 
taxpayers. For these purposes, ``international taxpayers'' are broadly 
defined to include U.S. citizens working, living, or doing business 
abroad or in a U.S. territory.
    Locations that need Alternates:
    All 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, but 
specifically Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi 
and Nebraska.
    TAP members are a diverse group of citizens who represent the 
interests of taxpayers from their respective geographic locations by 
providing feedback from a taxpayer's perspective on ways to improve IRS 
customer service and administration of the federal tax system, and 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 Web site at 
www.improveirs.org for more information about TAP. Applications must be 
submitted electronically at www.usajobs.gov. For questions about TAP 
membership, call the TAP toll-free number, 1-888-912-1227. Callers who 
are outside of the U.S. and U.S. territories should call 202-317-3087 
(not a toll-free call).
    The opening date for submitting applications is March 8, 2017, and 
the deadline for submitting applications is April 24, 2017. Interviews 
may 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 2017. (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: March 8, 2017.
Antoinette Ross,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. 2017-05067 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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