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IRS Oversight Board Public Forum

A Summary of Stakeholder Comments and Emerging Themes PDF | HTML

March 7, 2007
Department of the Treasury, Media Room

Statement from Senator Max Baucus, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee

Welcome and Introductions: Paul B. Jones, IRS Oversight Board Chair (8:30)

Panel Discussions:

Panel 1: What Can My Organization Do Differently than it Has in the Past to Reduce the Tax Gap? (8:45 – 10:00)

Moderator: Bob Tobias, Chair, IRSOB Operations Committee

Panelists:

• National Treasury Employees Union ,Colleen M. Kelley, NTEU National President
• Tax Executives Institute ,Timothy M. McCormally, Executive Director
• American Bar Association Section of Taxation , Pamela F. Olson, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP ( former Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Department of Treasury)
• Federation of Tax Administrators , Marcy Jo Mandel, Deputy Controller, California Franchise Tax Board - Tax Gap Plan for the State of California
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) , Jeffrey R. Hoops, Chairman, Tax Executive Committee
• Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee , Robert J. Meighan, ETAAC Chair
• National Society of Accountants , Harold Stamey, NSA Director, State of Georgia

Break (10:00 – 10:15)

Panel 2: What Can My Organization Do Differently than it Has in the Past to Reduce the Tax Gap? (10:15 – 11:30)

Moderator: Raymond T. Wagner, Jr.,  Chair, IRSOB Operations Support Committee

Panelists:

• National Council for Taxpayer Advocacy, Dr. William Stevenson, Spokesperson
• The American University, Washington College of Law Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic , Nancy Abramowitz, Esq., Director 
• National Society of Tax Professionals , Beanna J. Whitlock, Executive Director
• National Payroll Reporting Consortium , Tony Tullo, Spokesperson
• National Association of Enrolled Agents , Roger Harris, President, Padgett Business Center
• National Association of Tax Professionals , Larry Gray,CPA, Spokesperson
• Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council , Margaret Roark, Vice-Chair