[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30614]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Internal Revenue Service

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting of the Electronic Tax Administration 
Advisory Committee (ETAAC).

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SUMMARY: In 1998 the IRS established the Electronic Tax Administration 
Advisory Committee (ETAAC). The primary purpose of ETAAC is to provide 
an organized public forum for discussion of electronic tax 
administration issues in support of the overriding goal that paperless 
filing should be the preferred and most convenient method of filing tax 
and information returns. ETAAC offers constructive observations about 
current or proposed policies, programs, and procedures, and suggests 
improvements.
    There will be a meeting of ETAAC Thursday, December 3, 1998. The 
meeting will be held in the Longworth House Office Building, 
Washington, D.C. A summarized version of the agenda along with a list 
of topics that are planned to be discussed are listed below.

Summarized Agenda for Meeting Thursday, December 3, 1998

8:30--Meeting Opens
12:00--Break for Lunch
1:00--Meeting Resumes
3:00--Meeting Adjourns

    The topics that are planned to be covered are as follows:

(1) Presentation on alignment of the IRS and ETA Strategic Plans
(2) Importance of ETA to Modernization Effort
(3) Presentation on how ETA is and will be supported
(4) Quarterly Progress Report from ETA (strategic level)
(5) Congress' expectations for ETAAC
(6) Strategic Plan
(7) Presentation on how ETAAC will work with the IRS to assist it in 
meeting its ETA objectives

    Note: Last minute changes to these topics are possible and could 
prevent advance notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ETAAC reports to the Assistant Commissioner, 
Electronic Tax Administration, who is the executive responsible for the 
electronic tax administration program. Increasing participation by 
external stakeholders in the development and implementation of the 
Internal Revenue Service' (IRS') strategy for electronic tax 
administration will help achieve the goal that paperless filing should 
be the preferred and most convenient method of filing tax and 
information returns. ETAAC members are not paid for their time or 
services, but consistent with Federal regulations, they are reimbursed 
for their travel and lodging expenses to attend the public meetings, 
working sessions, and an orientation each year.

DATES: The meeting will be open to the public, and will be in a room 
that accommodates approximately 150 people, including members of ETAAC 
and IRS officials. Seats are available to members of the public on a 
first-come, first-served basis. To get your name on the access list, 
notification of intent to attend this meeting must be made with Ms. 
Robin Marusin by November 27, 1998. Ms. Marusin can be reached at 202-
622-8284. Notification of intent should include your name, organization 
and phone number. If you leave this information for Ms. Marusin in a 
voice-mail message, please spell out all names. A draft of the agenda 
will be available via facsimile transmission the week prior to the 
meeting. Please call Ms. Robin Marusin on or after Monday, November 23, 
1998, to have a copy of the agenda faxed to you. Please note that a 
draft agenda will not be available until that date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To get on the access list to attend 
this meeting, to have a copy of the agenda faxed to you, or to get 
general information about ETAAC call Robin Marusin at 202-622-8184.

Robert E. Barr,
Assistant Commissioner, Electronic Tax Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-30614 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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