 Internal Revenue Service IRS Tax News. Revenue Service Advisory Council. An advisory council sounds great because I'd like to give the IRS a piece of my mind. And I'm not talking about the nice, helpful, relaxed piece either. I'm talking about that irritating nagging piece of my mind that just won't shut up. That's the piece of my mind I'd like to give the IRS. Wait, what? The IRS has taken your advice as reinstating lobotomies as part of the tax code. Wait a second. There's a difference between mind and brain, you post-modern materialist. What? No, I'm not going to my IRS mandated lobotomy appointment or getting a booster. IR 2022-94, April 25, 2022, Washington. The Internal Revenue Service today announced its accepting applications for the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council for 2023. Applications will be accepted through June 3, 2022. The IRS AC serves as an advisory body to the IRS commissioner and provides an organized public forum for discussion of relevant tax administration issues between IRS officials and representatives of the public. The advisory council proposes enhancements to IRS operations, recommends administration and policy changes to improve taxpayer service compliance and tax administration, discusses relevant information, reporting issues, addresses matters concerning tax exempt and government entities and conveys the public's perception of professional standards and best practices for tax professionals. IRS AC members are appointed to three-year terms by the IRS commissioner and submit a report to the commissioner annually at a public meeting. Applications are currently being accepted for terms that will begin January 2023. Nominations of qualified individuals may come from individuals or organizations. IRS AC members are drawn from substantially diverse backgrounds representing a cross-section of the tax-paying public with substantial, desperate experience in tax preparation for individuals, small businesses and large multinational corporations, tax exempt and government entities, information reporting and taxpayer or consumer advocacy. Applications should document the proposed members' qualifications. In particular, the IRS AC is seeking applicants with knowledge and background in some of the following areas. Individual wage and investment, knowledge of tax law, application, tax preparation experience, income tax issues related to refundable credits, the audit process and or how information returns are used and integrated for compliance. Experience educating on tax issues and topics with multilingual taxpayer communications and taxpayer advocacy or content or contact center operations, marketing, applying industry benchmarks to operations with tax software industry and or with the creation or use of diverse information returns used to report income deductions, withholdings or other information for tax purposes. Familiarity with IRS tax forms and publications and with IRS's online applications, e.g. online account, the EITC or an income tax credit assistance, etc. and financial services information technology background with knowledge of technology and innovations in public and private customer service sectors. So small business and self-employed, next category that is small business and self-employed, knowledge or experience with virtual currency, cryptocurrency and or peer-to-peer payment applications. So they're really digging into that one. So knowledge of pass-through entities and or fiduciary tax experience with online or digital businesses audit representation and or educating on tax issues and topics, knowledge base and or background related to collection activities experienced as a practitioner in one or more underserved communities e.g. where English is not the first language or experience with digitalization system tools or processes or processes marketing experience to help with ideas for increasing uptake of digital tools offered by the IRS. Next category is the large business and international experience as a certified public accountant or tax attorney working in or for a large sophisticated multinational organization experience working in-house at a major firm dealing with tax planning for complex organizations including large multinational corporations and large partnerships. Next category tax exempt and government entities experience with exempt organizations and experience with employee plans. Next category information reporting payment processors e.g. credit card processors colleges universities and or multinational corporations with experience filing information returns. Applicants must be in good standing regarding their own tax obligations and demonstrate high professional and ethical standards. All applicants must complete and submit an application and pass a tax compliance and practitioner check for those applicants deemed quote best qualified in quote FBI fingerprint checks will also be required more information including the application form is available on the IRS AC's web page there's a link to that here questions about the application process can be mailed to there's an email address there'll be a link to this in the description so you can check out the links here and you can check out the email address if you're interested in moving forward with it there'll be a link to this in the description.