83_FR_14618 83 FR 14553 - Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee

83 FR 14553 - Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 65 (April 4, 2018)

Page Range14553-14553
FR Document2018-06769

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 14553]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06769]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee 
will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public 
comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the 
Internal Revenue Service.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Billups at 1-888-912-1227 or 
(214) 413-6523.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 
that an open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee 
will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time via 
teleconference. The public is invited to make oral comments or submit 
written statements for consideration. For more information please 
contact Lisa Billups at 1-888-912-1227 or (214) 413-6523, or write TAP 
Office 1114 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75242-1021, or post comments to 
the website: http://www.improveirs.org.
    The agenda will include various committee issues for submission to 
the IRS and other TAP related topics. Public input is welcomed.

    Dated: March 28, 2018.
Antoinette Ross,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. 2018-06769 Filed 4-3-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 4, 2018 / Notices 14553 Approved: March 29, 2018. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS the normal channels through which VA Laurie Brimmer, AFFAIRS ordinarily receives correspondence has Senior Tax Analyst. resulted in one or more VA regional [FR Doc. 2018–06892 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am] Disruption of Mail Service offices experiencing extended delays in BILLING CODE 4830–01–P AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. receipt of claims, information or ACTION: Notice of exception to date of evidence to an extent that, if not receipt. addressed, the delay would adversely DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY affect such claimants, through no fault SUMMARY: In late August 2017, of their own. Internal Revenue Service Hurricane Harvey interrupted In late August 2017, Hurricane Harvey operations at the Department of Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office in interrupted operations at the VA Advocacy Panel Joint Committee Houston, Texas, as well as postal service regional office in Houston, Texas, as in multiple Texas communities. In late well as postal service in multiple AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), September 2017, Hurricane Maria surrounding Texas communities. In late Treasury. interrupted operations at the VA September 2017, Hurricane Maria ACTION: Notice of meeting. regional office in Puerto Rico, and interrupted operations at the VA SUMMARY: An open meeting of the postal service throughout the Puerto regional office in Puerto Rico, as well as Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands area. postal service in the Puerto Rico and Committee will be conducted. The Correspondence containing claims, U.S. Virgin Islands areas. Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting information, or evidence sent to VA Correspondence containing claims, public comments, ideas, and during these periods was likely delayed information or evidence sent to VA suggestions on improving customer due to interrupted operations of the during these periods was likely delayed service at the Internal Revenue Service. regional office or postal service. VA due to interrupted operations of the DATES: The meeting will be held aims to protect the interest of claimants regional office or postal service. Because Wednesday, April 25, 2018. who sent correspondence to the regional offices and the mail system Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) were impacted, VA established the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa through the normal channels of following exceptions to the standard Billups at 1–888–912–1227 or (214) communication during these periods rule, on date of receipt. 413–6523. and prevent them from possibly being SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is deprived of benefits solely because Exceptions to Date of Receipt for hereby given pursuant to Section those channels of communication were Claimants Affected By Hurricane 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory disrupted due to events outside of the Harvey Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) claimants’ control. Therefore, VA is that an open meeting of the Taxpayer instituting procedures to consider VA hereby gives notice that, for Advocacy Panel Joint Committee will be alternative dates as the date of receipt of purposes of determining the date of held Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at 1:00 correspondence. entitlement, any correspondence p.m. Eastern Time via teleconference. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: received by VA during the period The public is invited to make oral Jonathan Hughes, Acting Assistant September 1 through September 7, 2017, comments or submit written statements Director, Policy and Procedures, from individuals in zip codes for consideration. For more information Compensation Service, Department of designated to have been impacted by please contact Lisa Billups at 1–888– Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, Hurricane Harvey that contained claims, 912–1227 or (214) 413–6523, or write NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461– information or evidence will be TAP Office 1114 Commerce Street, 9700 (this is not a toll-free telephone considered received no later than Dallas, TX 75242–1021, or post number). comments to the website: http:// August 31, 2017. Alternatively, if the www.improveirs.org. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A VA correspondence was received during the The agenda will include various regulation, 38 CFR 3.1(r), allows the period September 1 through September committee issues for submission to the Under Secretary for Benefits to establish 7, 2017, but the postmark date is prior IRS and other TAP related topics. Public exceptions to VA’s rule about date of to August 31, 2017, the correspondence input is welcomed. receipt of claims, information, or will be considered received on the date evidence. Ordinarily, ‘‘date of receipt’’ of postmark. Dated: March 28, 2018. means the date on which a claim, Antoinette Ross, This guidance applies to information or evidence was received in Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. correspondence received during the a VA office. The regulation states that [FR Doc. 2018–06769 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am] exceptions may be established when a designated period from the zip codes BILLING CODE 4830–01–P natural or man-made interference with designated below. 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Document Created: 2018-11-01 09:11:55
Document Modified: 2018-11-01 09:11:55
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
ContactLisa Billups at 1-888-912-1227 or (214) 413-6523.
FR Citation83 FR 14553 
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