Program Owner

• Hill, Sandra
• Lee, Patricia
• O’Brien, Mary

Designated Federal Official

• Morizio, Louis

Committee Members Present (These attendees count for quorum)

• Cecchi, Emilio
• Jonathan, Sabby
• Leggett, John
• Patterson, Robert
• Verwiel, John
• Villarreal, Josefina
• Wernz, Stanley
• Widmer, Harris

Committee Members Absent

• Birge, Eileen
• Cooper, Dale
• Tanna, Wayne

TAP Staff

• Jenkins, Audrey
• Odom, Meredith

Welcome/Announcements/Review Agenda
Verwiel welcomed all attendees to the call.

Roll Call
Quorum Met

2008 EITC Proposal
Verwiel proposes that Birge will type the final draft of the proposal.  All proposed changes should be forwarded to Jenkins by May 21, 2008 and she will forward them to Birge by May 23, 2008. The proposal will go on TAP letter head and will be forwarded to the EITC Office. O’Brien informed the committee that the EITC Office would like for the members to think about the third party preparers and what will make it easier for them as they navigate through the IRS and the information they need to find there.  This is the goal for irs.gov.  O’Brien and the EITC office will review the proposal.

Jenkins will in the future send the EITC office all documents via email. Jenkins suggests the members go ahead and finalize the proposal and separate the Adhoc issues that will not go forward to the EITC office.  Morizio feels some of the Adhoc issues can be part of a separate proposal.  The Low Income Tax Clinic and the VITA part can be made into a separate proposal and may still be worked. The LITC, Increased Participation and the EITC Benefits will go under the Appendix 1 and Appendix 2.  The EITC office will review the proposals.  Morizio suggests that at the June 11, 2008 meeting the committee will vote on the proposal. 

EITC Program Office Update
Sandra Hill advised the members that the EITC office has undergone a small reorganization and beginning this week, Patricia Lee will be the liaison with the EITC program office.  Patricia Lee is also manager that reports to Debra Holland.  Lee informed the members they will get the support they need and looks forward to working with the members and thanked the members and Hill for all of the work that has been done. Hill informed the members that the new reorganization is to help the office be more strategically alive.  Holland will still work with the committee.

Verwiel, Jenkins and Morizio will meet on May 15, 2008 to discuss the proposal.

Next meeting, June 11, 2008, via teleconference.