# Open Meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia)
**AGENCY:**
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
An open meeting of the Area 2 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:**
Inez De Jesus at 1-888-912-1227, or 954-423-7977.
**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 2 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 954-423-7977, or write Inez De Jesus, TAP Office, 1000 South Pine Island Rd., Suite 340, Plantation, FL 33324. Ms. De Jesus can be reached at 1-888-912-1227 or 954-423-7977. The agenda will include various IRS issues.
Dated: September 5, 2003.
Tersheia Carter,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.