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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Oh dear, as if things couldn't get any worse . . . <div><br></div><div>I heard back from fellow govdoc librarians through GovDoc-L that they too had not heard back from the IRS on forms and now we know why. Here's the post to GovDoc-L this afternoon with news that will greatly impact what or whether we get any tax forms this year:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">If you are at ALA Midwinter and able to...</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">Now that the CROmnibus (2015 federal budget) has passed, the IRS got a $300 million cut for forms and distribution..so they will be changing their services in libraries. Before this happened they wanted to talk with us before making any decisions, so, they have agreed to come to MW to listen to what public librarians want the IRS priorities to be.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">Trish Evans will be in Chicago as a representative of the IRS. She is the Director of Distribution and the person who agreed to send out more forms and instructional booklets this season.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">We are confirmed for a room on</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT229_com_zimbra_date" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); cursor: pointer; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Sunday, February 1</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">from 11:30 TO 12:30 PM in MCP W 187. She wants to hear your ideas and priorities.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">Jessica McGilvray</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">Deputy Director - Office of Government Relations</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">American Library Association</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">Washington Office</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">1615 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., 1st Floor</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);">Washington, D.C. 20009-2520</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);"><br></span></div><div>If any of you MichLib-Lrs will be at ALA Midwinter please keep us informed on the meeting with the IRS. Thanks in advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Debbie Gallagher</div> </div></body>
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