The Taxpayer Communications Project Committee in partnership with the IRS’s Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) and Wage and Investment (W&I) Division will provide feedback from the taxpayer’s perspective related to: improving how IRS communicates using various resources to promote IRS.gov, mobile apps, YouTube, social media, etc. The committee is identifying additional methods that can be used to better and more effectively communicate with taxpayers including: an online option for taxpayers to request penalty abatement, seeking opportunities for IRS to modernize online account options taxpayers use to obtain tax information, and to interact with the IRS electronically. TCC seeks to identify how IRS can improve and increase its online services to tax professionals.
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel program to go on temporary administrative suspension
For more than 20 years, the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), through its team of dedicated volunteer members, has served a vital function in our tax system by advocating for the interests of taxpayers and offering critical feedback to the IRS. The insights and concerns raised by TAP members have historically played an influential role in shaping policies and redefining services that directly affect taxpayers across the nation and abroad. At this time, however, the TAP program will enter a temporary administrative suspension, effective February 13, 2026.
This will include a suspension on the acceptance of new issues and concerns related to improving IRS processes and taxpayer service. Please return to this page for additional updates as they become available.
