Weve got such a great panel and what i think will be a real interesting discussion for you today so im going to introduce our panelists and moderator starting on the far right over here which is purely a positional statement with Nick Eberstadt, the political commentator here where he writes and researchers on demographics and Economic Development and has a thing to say about north korea from time to time which if things get real slow we can get into that. Man of diverse interest. Hes testified before congress on numerous occasions and served as a consultant and advisers to the u. S. Government and in 2012 nick was awarded the prestigious bradley prize. Next to him is philip cohen, associate of professor at university of maryland and has had a longstanding interest in gender, family and social change and hes published extensively on the gender of labor within families and between men and women outside of families. In addition hes maintain and strong issue in measurement issues in house
There are a lot of new people coming on and a lot of people that were there, thinking about past, have stuck around, because they know it is a new day. We have some amazing speakers to discuss the current state of the irs, priorities, the hiring and staffing plans, and what is on their desk. What we can expect in the year or two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business, selfemployed division at the irs, based in washington, d. C. To my left is don fort, chief criminal Investigation Division isthe irs and to my left nina olson, National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios are online. Im going to leave you to review them, but they are amazing individuals. They have done tremendous work on behalf of the taxpayers in this country and it will be a great evening. So let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs in their divisions. Then we will go into some q a and certainly open it up to the
Have stuck around because they know its a new day. We have some amazing current priorities and staffing, some hiring plans and what is on their desk. And what we can expect in the year in two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business and selfemployed division of paris based in washington d. C. To my left come immediate left is don fort chief criminal Investigation Division ira sent to my far left is nina olson tax tier National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios or on line and if you want to review them they are amazing. They have done tremendous work on behalf of the taxpayers of this country and its going to be really great evening. Let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs and their divisions and then we are going to go into some q a and certainly opened up to the audience for any questions that you might have. Marybeth, can you kick us off . I want to thank the ada for inviting
Advocacy, irs modernization, tax enforcement, international partnerships, and the future of the irs. This portion is about one hour and 20 minutes. Thank you for coming out tonight. It is an exciting time at the Internal Revenue service. It is an exciting time at the Internal Revenue service. As i mentioned, our commissioner is coming up on his oneyear anniversary. We have a lot of people at 1111 constitution avenue. There are a lot of new people coming on and a lot of people that were there that have been there and were thinking about leaving in the past, are thinking about staying. We have some amazing speakers to discuss hiring, staffing, and current priorities. And what we can expect in the year or two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. Mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business, selfemployment division. The criminals Investigation Division at the irs and nina olson, National Taxpayer advocate. Bios are online. I will leave you to review them but they are amazi
Advocacy, iron as modernization, tax enforcement, international partnerships, and the future of. He irs this portion is about one hour and 20 minutes. Thank you for coming out tonight. It is an exciting time at the Internal Revenue service. As i mentioned, our commissioner is coming up on his oneyear anniversary. We have a lot of people at 1111 constitution avenue. There are a lot of new people coming on and a lot of people that were there that have been there and were thinking about leaving in the past, are thinking about staying. We have some amazing speakers to discuss hiring, staffing, and current priorities. And what we can expect in the year or two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. Mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business, selfemployment division. The criminals Investigation Division at the irs and nina olson, National Taxpayer advocate. Bios are online. I will leave you to review them but they are amazing individuals. Have done tremendous work on behalf o