[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 211 (Tuesday, October 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65041-65042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27962]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting of the Information Reporting Program 
Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: In 1991 the IRS established the Information Reporting Program 
Advisory Committee (IRPAC) in response to a recommendation made by the 
United States Congress. The primary purpose of IRPAC is to provide an 
organized public forum for discussion of relevant information reporting 
issues between the officials of the IRS and representatives of the 
payer/practitioner community. IRPAC offers constructive observations 
about current or proposed policies, programs, and procedures and, when 
necessary, suggests ways to improve the operation of the Information 
Reporting Program (IRP).
    There will be a meeting of IRPAC on Thursday, November 16, 2000. 
The meeting will be held in Room 3313 of the Internal Revenue Service 
Main Building, which is located at 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC. 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

9:00--Meeting Opens
11:30--Break for Lunch
1:00--Meeting Resumes
4:00--Meeting Adjourns

    The topics that are planned to be covered are as follows:
(1) Electronic Payee Statements
(2) Proposed Regulations under Sections 6041 & 6045 (``Middleman'' 
Regulation)
(3) Hope and Lifetime Learning Credit Proposed Regulation
(4) Section 1441 Regulation and Related Forms & Instructions
(5) Employment Tax Administration and Compliance
(6) IRPAC's Articles in the ``IRS/SSA Reporter''
(7) File Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) System
(8) Expansion of the Combined Federal/State Information Return Filing 
Program
(9) Medical Service Provider and Sole Proprietor Alerts
(10) Proposed IRP Web-Site
(11) Section 457 (b) Plans
(12) Usage of Multiple Codes for Reporting Roth and Education IRA 
Distributions

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(13) Reporting Excess Contributions under 403 (b) Plans
(14) Information Reporting Forms and Publications
(15) Underreporter and the Substitute-for-Return Programs

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


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IRPAC currently reports to the Director, 
National Public Liaison, who is the executive responsible for 
administering this formally chartered federal advisory committee. IRPAC 
is instrumental in providing advice to enhance the IRP Program. 
Increasing participation by external stakeholders in the planning and 
improvement of the tax system will help achieve the goals of increasing 
voluntary compliance, reducing burden, and improving customer service.
    IRPAC is currently comprised of representatives from various 
segments of the information reporting payer/practitioner community. 
IRPAC 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 two public meetings each year.

DATES: The meeting will be open to the public, and will be in a room 
that accommodates approximately 80 people, including members of IRPAC 
and IRS officials. Seats are available to members of the public on a 
first-come, first-served basis. In order to get your name on the 
building access list, notification of intent to attend this meeting 
must be made with Ms. Romona Johnson no later than Monday, November 13, 
2000. Ms. Johnson can be reached by e-mail at [email protected], 
or by telephone at 202-622-6440. Notification of intent to attend 
should include your name, organization and phone number. If you leave 
this information for Ms. Johnson in a voice-mail message, please spell 
out all names. A draft of the agenda will be available via e-mail or 
facsimile transmission the week prior to the meeting. Please call or e-
mail Ms. Romona Johnson on or after Wednesday, November 8, 2000, to 
have a copy of the agenda faxed or e-mailed to you. Please note that a 
draft agenda will not be available until that date.

ADDRESSES: If you would like to have IRPAC consider a written statement 
at a future IRPAC meeting (not this upcoming meeting), please write to 
Ms. Kate LaBuda at the IRS, National Public Liaison, CL:NPL:PAC, Room 
7559, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20224, or e-mail 
her at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To get on the access list to attend 
this meeting, or to have a copy of the agenda faxed to you on or after 
November 8, 2000, please e-mail Ms. Romona Johnson at 
[email protected], or call her at 202-622-6440. For general 
information about IRPAC, please e-mail Ms. Kate LaBuda at 
[email protected] or call her at 202-622-8028.

Susanne M. Sottile,
Director, National Public Liaison, Office of Communication and Liaison.
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