The IRS earlier this month announced the appointment of 18 new members to the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council.
Established in 1953, the IRSAC is an organized public forum for IRS officials and representatives of the public to discuss a broad range of issues in tax administration. The council provides the IRS and agency leaders with relevant feedback, observations, and recommendations. It will submit its annual report to the agency at a public meeting later this year in November.
The 2025 IRSAC Chair is Christine Freeland, president of Christine Z. Freeland CPA PC in Chandler, AZ. Freeland has volunteered tax services at both the local and state levels. At the national level, she has served as president of the National Society of Accountants (NSA). Freeland was also the NSA presenter for the IRS Nationwide Tax Forum in 2020 and 2021. She works with the Arizona Association of Accounting and Tax Professionals and has developed continuing education events for IRS Tax Security Awareness Week. Freeland also teaches Circular 230 ethics annually and participates in roundtables.
The IRS appoints members to the IRSAC who represent the taxpaying public, the tax professional community, small and large businesses, tax exempt and government entities, and information reporting interests.
The following individuals were appointed to serve three-year terms on the council beginning this month:
- Grace Allison, Staff Attorney and former Director, New Mexico Legal Aid LITC
- Pablo Blank, Director of Immigration Integration, CASA Inc.
- Selvan Boominathan, Vice President, Global Head of Tax, Hackman Capital Partners
- Caroline Bruckner, Senior Professional Lecturer and Managing Director, Kogod Tax Policy Center at American University Kogod School of Business
- Samuel Cohen, Chief Legal Officer, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
- Kendra Cooks, CFO and Treasurer, Wabash College
- Omeed Firouzi, Practice Professor and Director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, Temple University Beasley School of Law
- David Gannaway, Principal, Bederson LLP
- Jared Goldberger, Partner, Mayer Brown
- David Heywood, Attorney in Gettysburg, PA
- Manuela Markarian, Senior Tax Advisor, Bank of America
- Charles Markham, Principal, Markham & Co.
- Mark Matkovich, Attorney in Charleston, WV
- Sarah Narkiewicz – Low Income Tax Clinic Director, Washington University School of Law
- Adam Robbins, US Tax Vice President, FanDuel Group
- Tralynna Scott, Chief Economist, Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC
- Kristofer Thiessen, Senior Small Business Partner, Block Advisors
- Rolanda Watson, Owner, Empower 2 Impact (DBA Rolanda’s Tax & Professional Service)
For more information, visit Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council.
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