Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel for 2011.

The TAP listens to taxpayers, identifies issues, and makes suggestions for improving IRS service and customer satisfaction. Oversight and program support for the TAP are provided by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent organization within the IRS that helps to resolve taxpayer problems and makes recommendations to avoid future problems.

TAP members also 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.

If you are interested, go to www.improveirs.org during the next open enrollment, which will begin in March 2010.