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Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities' June 9, 2010, Report with Six Recommendations (PDF)

405 pages. Excerpt: [Recommendations include:] Employee Plans: Analysis and Recommendations Regarding the IRS's Determination Letter Program; Exempt Organizations: Getting It Right - An Online Guide to Setting Executive Compensation for Charities.

Text of IRS Request for Applications for the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities

"The [IRS] is requesting applications for membership to serve on the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT). Applications will be accepted for the following vacancies, which will occur in June 2014: Two (2) employee plans; two (2) exempt organizations; three (3) federal, state, and local governments; two (2) Indian Tribal Governments; and one (1) tax-exempt bonds.... Written applications or nominations must be received on or before Nov. 4, 2013."

Text of Notice and Request for Applications for the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (PDF)

1 page. Excerpt: The IRS is requesting applications for membership to serve on the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities .... Applications will be accepted for the following vacancies, which will occur in June 2011: Two (2) employee plans; two (2) exempt organizations; two (2) Indian tribal governments; one (1) tax exempt bonds; and three (3) federal, state and local governments.

Text of IRS Publication 4344: 2018 Report of Recommendations of Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (PDF)

87 pages. The Employee Plans Subgroup provided 2 reports: [1] Recommendations regarding re-opening the determination letter program in certain circumstances (begins on page 9); and [2] Recommendations regarding missing participants (begins on page 21).

IRS Seeks Applications for Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities; Two Slots Open for Employee Plan Issue Reps

"The [IRS] is requesting applications for membership to serve on the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT). Applications will be accepted for the following vacancies, which will occur in June 2013: Two (2) employee plans and two (2) exempt organizations. Written applications or nominations must be received on or before November 2, 2012."

Text of IRS Publication 4344: 2016 Report of Recommendations of Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (PDF)

284 pages; the Employee Plans Subcommittee Analysis and Recommendations Regarding Changes to the Determination Letter Program begins on page 21. "The EP Subcommittee, like the majority of the EP Community, was distressed by the Announcement and the corresponding general elimination of periodic determination letters. It is the EP Subcommittee's position that such a decision is shortsighted.... If the IRS believes that it has no choice but to go forward with the announced changes to the Determination Letter Program, the EP Subcommittee would urge the IRS to adopt the EP Subcommittee's second recommendation: make it a transition approach while holding further discussions with the EP Community."

Meeting of the Advisory Group to the Internal Revenue Service Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division

"The Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 8, 2016.... Issues to be discussed [include] Employee Plans: Analysis and Recommendations Regarding Changes to the Determination Letter Program."

Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities' Eighth Report (PDF)

283 pages. Excerpt: This year there are four (4) reports on the following topics: Exempt Organizations: Recommendations to Improve the Tax Rules Governing International Grantmaking; International Pension Issues in a Global Economy: A Survey and Assessment of IRS' Role in Breaking Down the Barriers; Record Retention Requirements for Tax-Exempt Bonds and Tax Credit Bonds: A Specific Proposal for Published Guidance; Federal-State-Local Government Compliance Verification Checklist for Public Employers

IRS Names Levine, Pozek to Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities

New members representing Employee Plans on the Advisory Committee are David N. Levine, a principal at Groom Law Group, Chartered, in Washington, D.C., and Adam C. Pozek, of Reading, Massachusetts. Pozek is Vice President, Consulting Services, for Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group.

IRS Requests Applications for IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities

Excerpt: The Secretary of the Treasury invites those individuals, organizations, and groups affiliated with employee plans and tax-exempt organizations to nominate individuals for membership on the ACT. Nominations should describe and document the proposed member's qualifications for membership on the ACT. Nominations should also specify the vacancy for which they wish to be considered.' (Editor's note: two vacancies exist in the Employee Plans customer segment, according to an IRS press release.)