The IRS yesterday announced (IR-2007-105) that the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities will hold a public meeting on June 13 to present recommendations to the IRS Commissioner and senior leadership of the IRS’s Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division. The projects are:

• A Review of the Voluntary Self-Compliance Program for Indian Tribal Governments
• A Proposal for an Exempt Organizations Voluntary Compliance Program
• After the Bonds Are Issued: What Then?
• Improving Compliance for Adopters of Pre-Approved Plans
• A Prototype for Public Sector Defined Contribution Plans, and Public Employers’ Withholding and Reporting for Non-Resident Aliens.

The IRS has also named six new members who will begin their two-year terms on the ACT in June. They join 15 returning committee members. The six new members of the ACT are listed below by area of expertise below the fold:

Employee Plans

• Michael M. Spickard (Summit Retirement Plan Services, Inc., Akron)
• Marcia S. Wagner (The Wagner Law Group, Boston)

Exempt Organizations:

• Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C.)
• Mary Rauschenberg (Deloitte Tax, Chicago)

Government Entities: Indian Tribal Governments:

• Dennis Puzz, Jr. (Best & Flanagan, Minneapolis)

Government Entities: Tax Exempt Bonds

• John G. Pasicznyk (Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Albany)