Members are selected to represent the taxpaying public, the tax professional community, small and large businesses, academia and the payroll community.

Named to three-year terms were Ben Deneka, an industry operations liaison with H&R Block in Pittsburgh, Penn.; Diana Erbsen, a tax partner at DLA Piper in New York, N.Y.; CPA Antonio Gonzalez, founder and co-owner of Sydel Corporation in Coral Gables, Fla.; and CPA Charles Read, founder and CEO of Custom Payroll Associates in Lewisville, Texas.

The other members are CPA Martin Rule, a senior manager with Deloitte Tax  in Chicago, Ill.; Jeffrey Schneider, an enrolled agent and VP with SFS Tax & Accounting Services in Port St. Lucie, Fla.; and CPA Patricia Thompson, a tax partner with Piccerelli, Gilstein & Co., Providence, R.I.

Dennis Ventry Jr., a professor of law at the University of California-Davis, School of Law in Davis, Calif., is the 2018 IRSAC chairman.