East Rockaway Resident Selected for IRS Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

An East Rockaway resident is among four New York State residents recently selected by the Treasury Department to serve on the nationwide Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP).

Jonathan Wolfsohn will serve as a panel member and will listen to taxpayers, identify issues and make suggestions for improving Internal Revenue Service (IRS) service and customer satisfaction, according to a press release.

Allan Goldberg of Hunter, Boris Mikhail of Lindenhurst, Luis Rodriguez of Forest Hills are the other three local residents out of 82 total volunteers serving on the panel. They will represent local taxpayers as well as work on national issues. 

TAP members devote 300 to 500 hours yearly to the panel. Members work with IRS executives on priority topics and also serve as a conduit for grassroots issues between the public and the IRS.  

Some of the professions represented on the panel include teachers, engineers, attorneys, public administrators, home makers, accountants, law enforcement officers, professors, and retired military and small business owners, according to the release.

“The new panel members play a critical role by helping to ensure the IRS provides quality taxpayer service to all taxpayers”, said Nina Olson, IRS National Taxpayer Advocate and head of the Taxpayer Advocate Service. 

"The Taxpayer Advocate Service is committed to making sure the IRS seeks out and considers panel member’s views on key initiatives impacting taxpayers before decisions are made," Olson said.

Taxpayers can contact Allan Goldberg, Boris Makhail, Luis Rodriguez or Jonathan Wolfsohn and the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel by calling 1-888-912-1227 or via the Internet at www.improveirs.org. Taxpayers can also write to the Panel at:  Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, 10 Metro Tech Center, 625 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY  11201.