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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
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