The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, or TAP, is comprised of approximately 80 members from across the United States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and now an international representative, who volunteer to serve a three-year term.
Shelby Lyon is the new TAP member for international taxpayers and can be contacted at . Volunteers generally spend between 200 and 300 hours per year on member activities that further TAP’s mission to improve the IRS. The job of the volunteers is to listen to taxpayers, identify taxpayers’ issues and make suggestions for improving IRS service and customer satisfaction.
Although other areas of the organization deal with legislative and specific taxpayer issues, the TAP deals with issues that affect large groups of taxpayers in regards to existing IRS products and services (systemic issues). If you want more information on how to get help with an individual issue, have a look here: http://www.improveirs.org/taxpayer-resources/.
If you feel you have an issue that affects a large group of taxpayers, you can log it on the SAMS system. The SAMS system is used, in addition to items collected during the volunteers outreach efforts, for selecting issues for the TAP to analyse and then provide recommendations to the IRS for improvements.
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Books by Members
Support our Member Authors!
FAWCO has nearly 50 published authors amongst its clubs. They write in all genres and for all ages. Scroll through our Books by Members web page to find a brief summary for each book and the link on where to purchase it.
Add Your Book to the List
If you have a published book that you would like to share with others, contact and we will upload it to our list. This is a free benefit for FAWCO members.
Authors’ Speakers Bureau
Every book club would love to have the opportunity to meet the authors of their selection, to hear first hand about their inspirations, their writing process and what they learned from their own work. This may be possible! Contact
Beta Readers Group
One of a writer’s greatest challenges is getting honest and constructive feedback, especially for a completed and edited work that you are not sure is ready to submit to a publisher. This is when the beta reader comes into the picture. The beta reader reads the finished book and gives the author an overall critique, addressing such questions as: does the story flow, are there inconsistencies or repetitions, is it engaging and believable, are the characters compelling? A beta reader doesn't need to be a writer herself or a specialist in the genre. The main qualification is a passion for good literature and a commitment to providing serious, but loving advice.
The LioL team would like to help out our writers by organizing a group of beta readers. If you are interested, either as a reader or a writer, email to .
This Month's Featured Book
by Adrianne Lind, AWC Malmö, AWC Gothenburg
This book is designed to make wellness accessible, fun and sustainable for everyday life. Its scope is broad but playful, offering readers a year’s worth of simple, lighthearted prompts that encourage mindfulness, movement and stress relief without the pressure of perfection. Read more.
Adrianne Lind, AWC Malmö, AWC Gothenburg