Joint Committee

TAP's Joint Committee is comprised of the national TAP chair, vice chair and chairs of the other TAP committees. The purpose of the Joint Committee is to act on behalf of TAP members to advance TAP’s mission to listen to taxpayers and make recommendations to improve the IRS. Its role is to:

Review and elevate recommendations from TAP committees;
Adopt and recommend policy and procedural changes;
Coordinate issue committee activities;
Represent the consensus views of TAP in public statements;
Communicate decisions to TAP members; and
Prepare the TAP Annual Report.

TAP Director, IRS Designated Federal Officer: Sheila Andrews, Acting Director
IRS Joint Committee Analyst: Susan Gilbert

Last Name	First Name	Title
Bilancia	Richard	National TAP Chair
Hitchcock	Colleen	National TAP Vice Chair
Sykes	Ed	Chair, Taxpayer Assistance Center Improvements Project Committee
Fishman	Annie	Chair, Notices and Correspondence Project Committee
Hayden	Bob	Chair, Tax Forms and Publications Project Committee
Armstrong	Ken	Chair, Toll-Free Phone Line Project Committee
Flanders	Seth	Chair, Taxpayer Communications Project Committee
Marshalek	Mark	Chair, Toll-Free Project Committee