[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 156 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 A TRIBUTE TO ROY QUICK OF QUICK TAX & ACCOUNTING SERVICE ON SELECTION 
            TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ADVISORY COUNCIL

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                          HON. JAMES M. TALENT

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 5, 1999

  Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate a resident of 
Missouri's 2nd District and a friend--Mr. Roy M. Quick, Jr. on his 
selection to serve as a member of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory 
Council (IRSAC). Roy, who is a small business owner back home in St. 
Louis, runs Quick Tax and Accounting Service with his wife Edith.
  The primary role of the IRSAC is to advise the Commissioner of the 
IRS on the public's perceptions of IRS activities and current and 
future tax administration programs and initiatives. As a Member of 
Congress who attends many town hall meetings, women in chamber and 
business roundtable events back home, I can tell you that this is 
definitely an area where the IRS has plenty of room for improvement. 
The group suggests operational improvements and offers constructive 
observations about current or proposed policies, programs and 
procedures. In essence, the men and women who sit on this Council could 
be called the inner voice of the IRS.
  While I am proud to announce the selection of Roy Quick to the IRSAC, 
I am especially pleased by the fact that seven of the new IRSAC members 
are small business owners. For too long, small business owners have not 
had a seat at the table when talking about the complex regulatory and 
tax issues that leave them in a quagmire of compliance paperwork. I am 
hopeful that with seven of the fourteen slots on the IRSAC now being 
held by small business owners that these men and women will offer 
guidance and a real life perspective to the decision-making process 
that affects more than 12 million small business owners across the 
nation.
  Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of the House Committee on Small business, I 
ask all of you to join me in offering not only our congratulations but 
our appreciation to these men and women--the small business owners like 
Roy Quick--who every day are working to keep America's engine--small 
business--running and on course to a better tomorrow.

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