99-7902. Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 15871-15872]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-7902]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
    
    Internal Revenue Service
    
    
    Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee; Notice of 
    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 Wednesday, April 28, 1999. The 
    meeting will be held in Room 126 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building, 
    which is located at Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE., 
    Washington, DC. It is suggested that meeting attendees enter the 
    building through the Constitution Avenue entrance. 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 on April 28, 1999
    
    Wednesday, April 28, 1999
    
    9:00--Meeting Opens
    11:30--Break for Lunch
    1:00--Meeting Resumes
    5:00--Meeting Adjourns
    
        The topics that are planned to be covered are as follows:
    
    (1) Counting the Number of B-12 Notices
    (2) Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) Substitute Statements
    (3) Distributions from Conduit IRAs of Former U.S. Residents and NRA 
    Withholding Rules
    (4) Revision of the Form 5472
    (5) Changes to IRS Instructions to Clarify Education IRA Reporting 
    Requirements
    (6) Resolving Excess Contributions in a Roth IRA after the Tax Filing 
    Deadline
    (7) Qualified Settlement Fund Proposed Guidance
    (8) Form 1441 Requirements and the Form W-9
    (9) Follow-up on Combined Filing of Information Returns by Paying 
    Agents
    (10) Follow-up on Guidance on Claiming Exemptions on Form W-4--
    Frivolous Non-Filers
    (11) IRS Update on Martinsburg Computing Center Initiatives
    (12) IRS Update on Electronic Tax Administration IRP Initiatives
    (13) IRS Update on HOPE Credit/Lifetime Learning Credit
    
        Note: Last minute changes to these topics are possible and could 
    prevent advance notice.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IRPAC reports to the National Director, 
    Office of Specialty Taxes, who is the executive responsible for 
    information reporting payer compliance.
        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 20 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
    
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    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 100 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 list 
    of public attendees, please call Ms. Gloria Wilson at 202-622-4393, no 
    later than Friday, April 23, 1999. Notification of intent to attend 
    should include your name, organization and phone number. If you leave 
    this information for Ms. Wilson 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. Gloria 
    Wilson at 202-622-4393 on or after Monday, April 19, 1999, to have a 
    copy of the agenda faxed 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, Office of Payer Compliance, OP:EX:ST:PC, 
    Room 2013, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20224.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To get on the list of public attendees 
    for this meeting, or to have a copy of the agenda faxed to you (on or 
    after April 19, 1999), call Ms. Gloria Wilson at 202-622-4393. For 
    general information about IRPAC call Ms. Kate LaBuda at 202-622-3404.
    
        Dated: March 23, 1999.
    Kate LaBuda,
    (Acting) Director, Office of Payer Compliance, Office of Examination.
    [FR Doc. 99-7902 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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