[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12602]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee; Open 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, May 31, 2001. The 
meeting will be held in the Ritz Carlton Pentagon City, 1250 South 
Hayes Street, Arlington, VA. 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, May 31, 2001

9:00  Meeting Opens
11:30  Break for Lunch
1:00  Meeting Resumes
3:00  Meeting Adjourns

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

(1) Small Business Plans
(2) e-Services 2002 Releases
(3) Lessons Learned--2001 Filing Season
(4) Preview of Report to Congress

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


DATES: The meeting will be open to the public, and will be in a room 
that accommodates approximately 100 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 May 25, 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 May 24 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.

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.

Terence H. Lutes,
Director, Electronic Tax Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-12602 Filed 5-17-01; 8:45 am]
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