Dann Voelz is a Public Service Administrator and has been
with the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) since 2012. He has over a decade
of experience helping people file their taxes with the state of Illinois. Dann
began his career at IDOR in the call center, where he assisted individuals and
businesses with their tax filing needs. In 2017, he was promoted to the position
of Public Service Administrator Technical with a specialized focus in MyTax
Illinois, IDOR’s free online account management program. Dann currently trains
IDOR employees on how to use MyTax Illinois and other web-based applications. He
also oversees a test team that assesses changes and updates to MyTax
Illinois.
Shannon G. Fangmeier attended Western Illinois
University. She began her career with the Illinois Department of Revenue
starting in the Taxpayer Services Division in January 1996. After one year, she
transitioned to the Collections Division where she has spent the past 27 years
working in the various collection enforcement program areas. Shannon has been in
a managerial role the past 17 years and is now a Division Manager of
Collections.
Max R. Letterly is Program Administrator of Taxpayer
Services at the Illinois Department of Revenue. He began his career with the
Department in 2006 and has served as Program Administrator of Taxpayer Services
since August 2019. As Program Administrator of Taxpayer Services, Mr. Letterly
oversees a large staff across five separate divisions; Central Registration,
Local Tax Allocation; Problems Resolution; Property Tax; and Taxpayer
Assistance.
Previously, Mr. Letterly managed the Central Processing Bureau, overseeing a
staff of over 230 employees responsible for processing original and amended tax
returns, processing refund requests, as well as performing a variety of other
adjustments. Mr. Letterly also previously served in an agency-wide capacity as
the lead user liaison for the Department’s tax processing system, overseeing the
GenTax® project. In his time with the Department, Mr. Letterly has managed
several major projects and system upgrades, expanding his knowledge of the
Department’s operations.
Mr. Letterly received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the
University of Illinois at Springfield. He lives in Springfield, Illinois with
his wife and four children.
Kevin Denny is a Sr. Public
Service Administrator in the Revenue Division of the Illinois Department of
Employment Security with 16 years of experience. His areas of
expertise include rate and liability determinations, predecessor/successor
relationships, SUTA rate dumping, and employee leasing
compliance.
Larry J. Wolfe, CPA, is with the Skokie based firm of Larry J. Wolfe, Ltd
established in 1982. His practice specializes in tax controversy. Larry’s
concentration is tax resolution in collection and exam matters with the Internal
Revenue Service and State taxing agencies. Representation includes examinations
at federal level of income tax and various matters with the Appeals Division.
Larry’s experience with collection matters includes offer in compromise, penalty
abatement, installment agreements, trust fund recovery penalty defense,
applications of discharges and subordinations, right of redemption,
non-attachment, claim for refunds, levy and lien releases. Larry’s experience
with collection matters regarding the Illinois Department of Revenue includes
Petitions to Board of Appeals, installment agreements, penalty abatements and
specific property releases. Larry also authored three manuals and taught
seminars regarding IRS representation in Collections, Examinations and Appeals.
Larry is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Wolfe sits on the IRS
Practice and Procedure Committee and the State Taxation Committee for the
Illinois Society of CPA’s. Larry graduated from the University of Illinois in
1977 with a BS in Accounting and a minor in Biology.