And im the director of Community Partnerships for theMassachusetts Historical Society. Our program this evening is a seasonal, its a look at the tradition of Summer Reading we are joined by professor donna harringtonlueker on her new publication gavin kleespies, 19th century publishing the rise of Summer Reading. She is a passer in Newport Rhode island and she has an undergraduate degree from rhode island and phd. As a former magazine writer and editor, Research Interests include 19thcentury print culture, womens magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. Before we begin id like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the Virtual Program for the first time. If youre not familiar with the Massachusetts Historical Society we are the first Historical Society in america and have been preserving publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold a collection of 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the unitedstates. Or im
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
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
To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business, selfemployment division. To my left, is the criminal Investigation Division at the irs and nina olson, National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios are online. I will leave you to review them but they are amazing individuals. They have done tremendous work on behalf of of the taxpayers in this country and it will be a great evening. Let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs in their division. And then we will go into some q a and open it up to the audience for any questions you might have. Mary beth, can you kick us off . Ms. Murphy i want to thank the aba, the new york city bar for inviting us today. I am in my sixth year. When i look around at our Senior Executive team i think nina and , i nina for sure has the longest tenure. What are we doing . We have a really interesting role. We are charged with a mission to help Small Businesses and selfemployed taxpayers as well as 40 taxpayers. H