Designated Federal Official

• Marian Adams - Wichita, KS - Designated Federal Official

Committee Members Present

• Bell, Kay - Austin, TX - Vice Chair
• Bland, Sandra - Bemidji, MN - Member
• Capehart, Craig - Dallas, TX - Member
• Colvin, A. Elizabeth - Austin, TX - Member
• Freeman, Christopher - Chaska, MN - Member
• Fretheim, Dan - Decorah, IA - Member
• Guthmann, Howard - St. Paul, MN - Member
• Lynch, Reagan - Midland, TX - Member
• Shah, Rajiv - Scottsdale, AZ - Member
• Rousseau, Richard - Harker Heights, TX - Member
• Shoemaker, Paul - Lincoln, NE - Member
• Stieger, Lee - Leavenworth, KS - Member
• Woodard, Norma - Choctaw, OK - Member
• Wright, Kenneth  - Chesterfield, MO - Chair

Committee Members Absent

• Villarreal, Josefina - Corpus Christi - Member

TAP Staff

• Gilbert, Susan - Atlanta, GA - Acting TAP Manager
• Robb, Patti - Milwaukee, WI - Program Analyst
• Gabriel, Lisa - Milwaukee, WI - Secretary

Ken Wright welcomed everyone to the call.  Quorum met. 

• Joint Committee (JC) Report-out

There is really nothing to report this month.  The JC is gearing up for their face-to-face meeting in St. Louis, June 19-21, 2008. 

Wright encouraged everyone to think about running for chair next year.  Please give him a call if you are interested.

• Name and SSN Mismatch
  • Will be discussed during July meeting.

• Improve Tax Payment Options
  • Will be discussed during July meeting.

• Dependency and pre-1985 Rule
  • Will be discussed during July meeting.

• Payment with Form 4868
  • Will be discussed during July meeting.

• LLC and Rental Income
  • Will be discussed during July meeting.

• LLC Disregarded Entity Information
  • Will be discussed during July meeting.

• Combo Letters in Examination
  • Wright is writing up a report for this issue.  National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson expressed interest in this issued and requested a copy of the report once it is completed.

• Website Accessibility for the Blind - Lynch
  • Lynch and Freeman have not had a chance to meet.  Will report next month.

Outreach for May - All
Twelve – Colvin, Stieger, Shoemaker, Woodard
Please remember to report your outreach contacts.

Action Item Review
Will discuss next month. 

Issue Committee Highlights - All
Lynch – Forms and Pubs – Collecting comments on Pub 526.  He will forward comments to Ken Wright via email.  It is obvious that it needs to be updated.

Bell- Communication – External subcommittee working on updating improveirs.org website.  We want to make it more personal so we will be contacting you for permission to use some of your information, so bios will need to be updated.  Formed a new subcommittee called “e-tap.”  You will be getting more information about that too.  We are looking for additional members who would be willing to join this subcommittee. 

Stieger - Notices – Doing a lot of scoring on documents.  Also working on an offshoot of the insert project.  We are looking at the value of the inserts that are sent out with notices.

Rajiv – Burden Reduction – Had face to face meeting last week and have a couple issues that are moving ahead.  One is related to the “aging” issues and that is to simplify how to calculate how much you can earn before Social Security income becomes taxable. 

Rick – VITA – Have face to face in Atlanta later this week.

• Recruitment
  • All office are in process of interviewing applicants.  Should be completed by June 26.  We are right on target.

• Staffing
  • Announced a position to replace Barb Foley.

• Annual Meeting
  • Hotel has been identified; Sheraton in Arlington, VA.  Dec 1-5.  The first and the fifth will be travel days. 

Public Input
None.

Next Conference Call is July 8, 2008, 9:30 am CT