On Thursday, April 18^th the Internal Revenue Service announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2025 Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (hereinafter “IRSAC”) through May 31, 2024, including nominees for a newly created subcommittee focused on fairness issues.

The IRSAC serves as an advisory body to the IRS commissioner and the Service’s leadership. The IRSAC is organized under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and includes volunteer members with deep subject matter expertise amongst highly diverse tax matters. IRSAC provides an organized forum for discussion of relevant tax administration issues between IRS officials and representatives primarily from accounting firms, law firms and the tax departments of select Fortune 500 / Russell Index 2000 size companies. The IRSAC’s goals and objectives include but are not limited to:

• Proposes enhancements to IRS operations;
• Recommends administrative and policy changes to improve taxpayer services, fairness in tax administration and compliance;
• Discusses issues and recommends solutions relevant to information reporting;
• Addresses matters concerning tax exempt and government entities; and
• Conveys the public’s perception of professional standards and best practices for tax professionals.

In addition, the IRSAC will launch its first-ever Subcommittee on Fairness in Tax Administration that will join the existing five subcommittees. This new subcommittee will review, and issue specific recommendations related to the overall fairness in tax administration. The subcommittee will focus on how the Service can identify and address any tax administration disparities that may limit some communities from fully benefiting from and contributing to the nation’s economic growth and prosperity. Potential focus areas will include disparities in audit selection, tax credit and deduction awareness, fraud prevention, data analytics as well as community outreach and education opportunities. The IRSAC’s other subcommittees focus on information reporting, large business & international, small business/self-employed, tax-exempt/government entities, and taxpayer services.

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