[Publib] IRS Tax Forms - History

[Michael Golrick]

Hi-
 
Well, having moved in the last several months and now had the dubious pleasure of doing a tax return in a new state (and the Wisconsin Part Year Resident form is longer than the 1040, and requires that you attach the 1040, and the Connecticut form required that I attach the Wisconsin form, and I thought I was in an infinite loop for a bit), I wanted to reflect on some history.
 
There have been efforts by ALA and by PLA to try to work with the IRS. Back in (mumble, mumble) I served on what I think was a PLA committee for several years. The frustration we had was that when the IRS actually sent someone, they were not at a high enough level to actually do anything. They would listen to our complaints/issues, and then go back a report up, and we would never hear anything. Well, except when all of a sudden racks were delivered, or the reproducible forms appeared, and then were split into two notebooks with one of the arriving really early. So, we did get some things done, but it was incredibly frustrating. Eventually, and this may have been when PLA re-structured its committees (Christine Hage, do you remember or know?), the committee ceased.
 
Here is the opportunity. There are some of us on this list who are on ALA Council, and others who are running (for election or re-election), if there is enough interest, I would work on a resolution to ask ALA to take action. But first, I need a sense of what that action would be.
 
ALA Council resolutions have a funny way of sometimes being effective. Jim Casey and I have had the experience of being concerned enough about something to write a resolution (E-Rate), and learned a great deal about the ALA processes and committees. We each have, as our penance for writing that resolution in 1999, served on the Task Force which still exists and works with the FCC and others on this topic.
 
I hope this offers some insight. Let me know if I can help.
 
 
 
Michael Golrick
Councilor-at-Large
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