Board Warns Hill on Potential Delay in Tax Filing Season (Washington, DC) The IRS Oversight Board sent a letter today to the Chairman and Ranking Members of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees warning that passage of late tax legislation can cause delays in the processing of some tax returns during the 2009 tax filing season. This year, legislation was introduced to extend certain tax credits and changes in the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). If the legislation is not approved in a timely manner, 26 million Americans will be subject to the AMT. ... | PDF (To view or print the PDF content on this page, download the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®).

About the IRS Oversight Board

The IRS Oversight Board was created by the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA 98) , which was enacted to improve the IRS so that it may better serve the public and meet the needs of taxpayers.

The Oversight Board is a nine-member independent body charged to oversee the IRS in its administration, management, conduct, direction, and supervision of the execution and application of the internal revenue laws and to provide experience, independence, and stability to the IRS so that it may move forward in a cogent, focused direction.

Seven Board members are appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate for five-year terms. These members have professional experience or expertise in key business and tax administration areas. Of the seven, one must be a full-time federal employee or a representative of IRS employees. The Secretary of Treasury and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue are also members of the Board.

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