[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 59601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29645]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC); Meeting

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 on Thursday, December 6, 2001. The 
meeting will be held in the Melrose Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania 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 Thursday, December 6, 2001

9:00  Meeting Opens
1:00  Meeting Ajourns

    The topics that are planned to be covered are as follows:
(1) Modernization Update
(2) Preview of 2002 Filing Season
(3) Business e-file Plans
(4) ETAAC Future Direction

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


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ETAAC reports to the Director, 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 80 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 the meeting should be made with Ms. 
Robin Marusin by November 30, 2001. Ms. Marusin can be reached at 202-
622-8184. 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 Thursday November 29 
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.

Terence H. Lutes,
Director, Electronic Tax Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-29645 Filed 11-28-01; 8:45 am]
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