United States Mint

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business are given specialized materials

and information at small business

workshops, and community colleges

provide classes based on material

provided by the Service. The community

outreach tax assistance program provides

assistance to community groups. Through

the volunteer income tax assistance

program and the tax counseling for the

elderly program, the Service recruits,

trains, and supports volunteers who

offer free tax assistance to low-income,

elderly, military, and non-English-

speaking taxpayers. Materials, f‌ilms, and

information on the educational programs

can be obtained by contacting any

territory off‌ice.

Employment For information, write to

the recruitment coordinator at any of the

territory off‌ices.

Publications “The Annual Report—

Commissioner of Internal Revenue,”

the “Internal Revenue Service Data

Book,” and periodic reports of

statistics of income are available from

the Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Off‌ice, Washington,

DC 20402. “Examination of Returns,

Appeal Rights, and Claims for Refund,”

“Your Federal Income Tax,” “Farmer’s Tax

Guide,” “Tax Guide for Small Business,”

and other publications are available at

Internal Revenue Service off‌ices free of

charge.

Reading Rooms Public reading rooms

are located in the national off‌ice and in

each territory off‌ice.

Speakers Arrangements for speakers on

provisions of the tax law and operations

of the Internal Revenue Service for

professional and community groups

may be made by writing to the Senior

Commissioner’s Representative. For

national organizations, write to the

Communications Division at the IRS

National Headquarters in Washington,

DC.

Taxpayer Advocate Each district has a

problem resolution staff which attempts

to resolve taxpayer complaints not

satisf‌ied through regular channels.

For further information, contact the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury,1111 Constitution

Avenue NW.,Washington, DC 20224. Phone, 202–622–5000.

United States Mint

801 Ninth Street NW., Washington,DC 20220

Phone, 202–354–7200. Internet, http://www.usmint.gov.

Director (VACANCY)

Deputy Director RICHARD PETERSON, Acting

Chief Counsel DAN SHAVER

Associate Director, Finance DAVID MOTL, Acting

Associate Director, Information Technology GOUTAM KUNDU

Associate Director, Manufacturing RICHARD PETERSON

Associate Director, Sales and Marketing B.B. CRAIG

Associate Director, Protection DENNIS O’CONNOR

The establishment of a mint was

authorized by act of April 2, 1792

(1 Stat. 246). The Bureau of the Mint

was established by act of February 12,

1873 (17 Stat. 424), and recodif‌ied on

September 13, 1982 (31 U.S.C. 304,

5131). The name was changed to United

States Mint by Secretarial order dated

January 9, 1984.

The primary mission of the Mint is

to produce an adequate volume of

circulating coinage for the Nation to

conduct its trade and commerce. The

Mint also produces and sells numismatic

coins, American Eagle gold and silver

bullion coins, and national medals.

In addition, the Fort Knox Bullion

Depository is the primary storage facility

for the Nation’s gold bullion.

The U.S. Mint maintains sales centers

at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints

and at Union Station in Washington,