03-30899. Open Meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed-Payroll Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

AGENCY:

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

An open meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed—Payroll Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The TAP will be discussing issues pertaining to increasing compliance and lessoning the burden for Small Business/Self Employed individuals. Recommendations for IRS systemic changes will be developed.

DATES:

The meeting will be held Thursday, January 8, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary O'Brien at 1-888-912-1227, or 206 220-6096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) that an open meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed—Payroll Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held Thursday, January 8, 2004 from 3 p.m. EDT to 4:30 p.m. EDT via a telephone conference call. If you would like to have the TAP consider a written statement, please call 1-888-912-1227 or 206-220-6096, or write to Mary O'Brien, TAP Office, 915 2nd Avenue, MS W-406, Seattle, WA 98174. Due to limited conference lines, notification of intent to participate in the telephone conference call meeting must be made with Mary O'Brien. Ms O'Brien can be reached at 1-888-912-1227 or 206-220-6096.

The agenda will include the following: Various IRS issues.

Dated: December 10, 2003.

Bernard Coston,

Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.