IRS Advisory Council to Meet November 10

WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) will hold its semi-annual public meeting on Wednesday, November 10, at the IRS Headquarters. The Council provides a public forum for raising, studying and making recommendations on tax administration issues, as well as on IRS restructuring and modernization.

Ten new members are joining IRSAC for a two-year term and five members who have served since 1997 are leaving. This brings the total IRSAC membership to 16. Internal Revenue Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti selected the new members. N. Jerold Cohen, an Atlanta attorney who was the IRS Chief Counsel from 1979 to 1981, will chair the Council for the coming year.

The meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in room 3313 of the IRS building at 1111 Constitution Ave., NW. Space is limited; persons interested in attending should call 202-622-6440 to be placed on the access list.

Eric R. Blackledge	President, Blackledge Furniture Company, Inc. Corvallis, OR

John P. Carey, Esquire	Senior Executive Vice President MBNA America Bank, N.A. Wilmington, DE

Paul Cherecwich, Esquire	Vice President (Tax) and Tax Counsel Cordant Technologies, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT

John Chung, EA	Co-owner, Moryadas Associates, L.L.C. Greenbelt, MD

N. Jerold Cohen, Esquire	New IRSAC Chair Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan Atlanta, GA

Margaret Ferguson, EA	Enrolled Agent Vista, CA

Nancy Goedecke, EA	Owner, Taxes & Money Management Hudson, MA

Roger Harris,EA	President Padgett Business Services, USA, Inc. Athens, GA

Alan Hauff Small Business	Program Specialist School of Business Administration University of Missouri (St. Louis) St. Louis, MO

Michael Jones	Director, National Payroll Services Department BankOne Columbus, OH

Eliot Kaplan, Esquire	Member, Lathrop & Gage, L.C. Kansas City, MO

Michael Mares, CPA	Member, Witt, Mares & Company Newport News, VA

James R. Murray, CPA	Tax Director, PacifiCorp Portland, OR

Danny Payne	Tax Commissioner Commonwealth of Virginia Richmond, VA

Roy Quick, Jr., EA	Co-owner, Quick Tax and Accounting Service St. Louis, MO

Jane Schouten	Regional Coordinator AARP’s Tax-Aide Program Great Lakes Region Elm Grove, WI