Elizabeth T. Dold has been appointed as Vice-chair of the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC) of the Internal Revenue Service. IRPAC was established in 1991 and focuses on information reporting issues. The committee’s purpose is to provide an organized public forum for discussion of relevant tax administration issues between IRS officials and representatives of the public. Many of the committee’s initiatives are later implemented in changes in IRS reporting and withholding rules, often to ease administration for the private sector. Ms. Dold also serves as Chair of the Employee Benefits/Payroll subcommittee of the IRPAC.

Ms. Dold is a Principal Attorney in the Groom Law Group in Washington, DC. For nearly fifteen years her work has focused on employee benefits and compensation matters, including employment taxes and related reporting and withholding requirements. She regularly advises Fortune 500 companies (including corporate and tax-exempt employers, financial institutions and third party administrators) on plan qualification and employment tax issues. She is a member of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and chair of their IRS subcommittee. Ms. Dold is the Chief Benefits Counsel for linksinpink, a non-profit organization dedicated to dedicated to supporting individuals and their families facing a catastrophic illness, including breast cancer, and a former adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center. She has a BS in Accounting from the Pennsylvania State University, a JD from Dickinson School of Law and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law.

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