# Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
**AGENCY:**
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice of meeting.
**SUMMARY:**
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
**DATES:**
The meeting will be held Tuesday, December 15, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 16, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Thursday, December 17, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Susan Gilbert at 1-888-912-1227 or (515) 564-6638.
**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 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held Tuesday, December 15, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 16, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, December 17, 2009, from 8 to 4:30 p.m. at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. If you would like to have the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel consider a written statement, please contact Susan Gilbert. For more information please contact Ms. Gilbert at 1-888-912-1227 or (515) 564-6638 or write: TAP Office, 210 Walnut Street, Stop 5115, Des Moines, IA 50309 or contact us at the Web site: *http://www.improveirs.org.*
The agenda will include various IRS issues.
Dated: November 10, 2009.
Shawn F. Collins,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.