# Open Meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine)
**AGENCY:**
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). 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 Tuesday, July 27, 2004.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Marisa Knispel at 1-888-912-1227 (toll-free), or 718-488-3557 (non toll-free).
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held Tuesday, July 27, 2004 from 11 a.m. EDT to 12 p.m. EDT via a telephone conference call. Individual comments will be limited to 5 minutes. If you would like to have the TAP consider a written statement, please write to Marisa Knispel, TAP Office, 10 MetroTech Center, 625 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 or fax it to (718) 488-2062. Due to limited conference lines, notification of intent to participate in the telephone conference call meeting must be made with Marisa Knispel. Ms. Knispel can be reached at 1-888-912-1227 or 718-488-3557, or, you may post comments to the web site: *http://www.improveirs.org.*
The agenda will include various IRS issues.
Dated: June 29, 2004.
Bernard E. Coston,
Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.