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The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) membership application period closed on April 27, 2012. Sign up for opening alerts to learn about TAP member openings available in your area.

Benefits

The TAP offers its members a unique opportunity to assist in improving the IRS products and services taxpayers need to meet their tax obligations. TAP members make recommendations on pressing tax issues by working directly with the IRS. Members serve as listening posts to their community and provide local input on tax-related issues. TAP members have the unique opportunity to work directly with the IRS to help change the IRS.


Responsibilities

  • In partnership with the IRS, TAP members focus on ways to improve IRS responsiveness to taxpayer needs and the quality of taxpayer service.
  • TAP members volunteer 300 to 500 hours per year on panel activities and serve a three-year term.
  • TAP members are expected to conduct community outreach events, listen to taxpayers in their community for suggestions to improve the IRS, and work on a committee to improve various IRS products or procedures.
  • TAP members have at least one face-to-face meeting annually but the majority of communication is done via email and monthly teleconference calls.

Member Selection

  • The Panel is comprised of at least one member representative from every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
  • Interested individuals are encouraged to submit an application during the open recruitment period each year.
  • A notice will appear in the Federal Register and on this website to announce the open recruitment period dates. This year applications were accepted from March 19 to April 27, 2012.
  • Current IRS and Treasury employees are not eligible for TAP membership.

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