03-23480. Open Meeting of the Area 3 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee)

AGENCY:

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

An open meeting of the Area 3 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.

DATES:

The meeting will be held Saturday, October 4, 2003 from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 12 noon EDT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sallie Chavez at 1-888-912-1227, or [phone].

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 Area 3 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held Saturday, October 4, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 12 noon EDT at Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H Street, NW., Washington, DC. Written comments will be accepted by mail. If you would like to have the TAP consider a written statement, please call 1-888-912-1227 or [phone], or write Sallie Chavez, TAP Office, 1000 South Pine Island Rd., Suite 340, Plantation, FL 33324. Mrs. Chavez can be reached at 1-888-912-1227 or [phone]. The agenda will include various IRS issues.

Dated: September 5, 2003.

Tersheia Carter,

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.