# Open Meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas)
**AGENCY:**
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
An open meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted in St. Louis, Missouri to discuss various IRS issues. The public is invited to make oral comments.
**DATES:**
The meeting will be held Friday, February 6, 2004 and Saturday, February 7, 2004.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Audrey Y. Jenkins at 1-888-912-1227 (toll-free), or 718-488-2085 (non toll-free).
**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 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held Friday, February 6, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT and Saturday, February 7, 2004 from 9 a.m. through 12 p.m. CT in St. Louis, Missouri. The public is invited to make oral comments. Individual comments will be limited to 5 minutes. For more information or to confirm attendance, notification of intent to attend the meeting must be made with Audrey Y. Jenkins. Ms. Jenkins may be reached at 1-888-912-1227 or 718-488-2085, or write Audrey Y. Jenkins, TAP Office, 10 MetroTech Center, 625 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, or post comments to the Web site: *http://www.improveirs.org.*
The agenda will include the following: Various IRS issues.
Dated: January 12, 2004.
Bernard Coston,
Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.