Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP)
IRS Forms & Publications/Language Services
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 2:00-3:00pm EST

Designated Federal Official (DFO)
Sallie Chavez, Acting TAP Program Manager, Plantation, FL

Members Present
Kimberly Brown, Blakeslee, PA
Joseph Holley, Barboursville, WV
Louis Kapugi, Sharpsburg, GA
Jeff Kennedy, Louisville, KY
Alberto Rodriguez, Miami, FL -- Chair
Richard Waterman, Campbell, CA

Members Absent
George Bates Jr., Great Falls, MT
Margaret Ferguson, Vista, CA
Christopher Freeman, Chaska, MN
Howard Guthmann, St. Paul, MN
Gim Hom, Acton, MA
Reagan Lynch, Midland, TX
Lev Martyniuk, Cincinnati, OH
Kenneth Wright, Ashland, MO – Vice- Chair

Staff Present
Anita Fields, Secretary

Welcome & Roll Call/Quorum
Chair Al Rodriguez welcomed everyone and thanked them all for coming.  He asked Anita to take roll.  Quorum was not met.

Introduction of Guest
No guests were present

Review of July 1, 2008 Meeting Minutes
July minutes was not approved due to quorum not being met.

Update from Tax Forms & Pubs Office
There were no program owners from Tax Forms & Pubs on the call.

Update from Language Services Office
There were no program owners from Language Services on the call.
 
Issues Discussion/Subcommittee Reports—Active Issues

1. Issue 4709-Review Form 941X
   Will have a report out on next month’s call.
2. Issue 4710-Review Pub 3402, Tax Issues for Limited Liability Companies (LLC’s)
   Ken Wright was not on the call, but it was mentioned that he and Lev Martynuik will put something out on this issue.
3. Issue 4735-Review Pub 526 Charitable Contributions
   Rich Waterman stated that he put out a last call for any input.  It is complete and Rich will send to Sallie Chavez today.
   Action: Rich will send completed write-up to Sallie.
4. Issue 4736—Review of Pub 541 Partnerships
   Jeff Kennedy sent a message a couple of weeks ago to the rest of the subcommittee.  He is waiting for responses from the other members.  Once he receives the responses he will write it up and finalize the response. Ken Wright and Lev Martynuik are looking at the pub for the technical and legal parts of the pub. Al suggested that Jeff write-up what he and Joe Holley have thus far and copy the other two and if they have any questions or anything to add they can do so later. 
   Action:  Jeff will prepare the final response and send to the Staff and copy Ken and Lev.
   Action:  Ken and Lev will review the pub for legal and technical aspects and then forward any responses to the Staff to add.
5. Issue 4789—Review of Pub 542 Corporations
   Al Rodriguez asked Sallie Chavez to schedule a conference call on July 11,   2008 @ 2:00pm EST to discuss Pub 542 Corporations.  Chavez will send email to Rodriguez pertaining to the conference call.  Rodriguez will forward to the other members of the subcommittee.
   Action:  Sallie will send Al an email pertaining to the conference. 
   Action:  Al will then forward the information to the other members.
6. Issue 4800—Review Free Spanish Sites
   Al reported that he reviewed the Spanish site and stated that there were no  consistencies from page to page.  He will have his comments written up within the next two weeks. Al mentioned that there were four new issues sent for the committee to review.
   
   They were Forms 8910 (Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit), Form 6251EZ (Alternative Minimum Tax-Certain Individuals with no Business Adjustments) by 9/02/2008 and Form 6251 (Alternative Minimum Tax-Individual) and Form 4952 (Investment Interest Expense Deduction) by 10/02/2008.
   
   Louis Kapugi volunteered to review form 8910, Kimberly Brown volunteered to review 6251EZ and 4952 and Al Rodriguez volunteered to review 6251.
   Action:  Sallie will send information to volunteers immediately following the call.

Parking Lot Issues

• Issue 3900 — Schedule H Instructions
• Issue 3948 — Form 944 Change Thresholds

Action:  Sallie will follow-up with Patty Wagner on the two parking lot issues.  To find out when they are due and what the committee already has on their agenda.

Open Forum
Nothing said.

Closing--Meeting Survey reminder
Al recapped the meeting and mentioned that he will contact members that were not present during this meeting.  Meeting adjourned at 2:35pm.

Next Meeting is September 2, 2008 @ 2:00pm EST.

*Certification:  These minutes were approved by the committee by consensus on 9/02/2008.