Internal Revenue Service

Leadership & Staff

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Michael J Desmond Trump nominee to be Chief Counsel for the Revenue Service and Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury

• Chief counsel

Heather C Maloy commissioner of IRS's Large Business & International Division

• commissioner, large business and international division ('09→?)

John Koskinen former IRS commissioner

• Position

Donald Korb Attorney, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; former Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service

• Position

Scott Bessent investor, hedge fund manager, Trump47 Treasury Secretary

• acting commissioner (Aug '25→?)

Billy Long Former IRS head, US Representative from Missouri, auctioneer

• 51st Commissioner (Jun 16 '25→Aug 8 '25)

Michael Faulkender Trump Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Economic Policy)

• Acting Commissioner (Apr 18 '25→Jun 16 '25)

Gary Shapley IRS acting commissioner

• Acting Commissioner (Apr 16 '25→Apr 18 '25)

Daniel Werfel Biden IRS Commissioner. former controller, Office of Federal Financial Management

• Commissioner (?→Jan 20 '25)

William M Paul Partner, Covington & Burling LLC

• acting chief counsel (?→Mar '25)

Board Members

Nancy Killefer Obama's withdrawn nominee for Chief Performance Officer;  Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company,

• Chairperson ('02→'04) [+1]

• Board Member ('00→'05)

Charles O Rossotti Carlyle Group executive, Bank of America director, and former IRS commissioner

• commissioner ('97→'02)

Donations

Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Company PUSH Buffalo’s development arm

• Tax Credits · 3,000,000 USD ('18)*

Urban Institute Public policy think tank; economic and social policy research

• Funder

Child Organizations

IRS Criminal Investigation

• Child Org ('19→?)

Parents

U.S. Department of the Treasury

• Parent Org

Members

Andrew Lyon

• Member (Tax Gap Analysis Sub-Group)

Memberships

International Organized Crime Intelligence Operations Center Coordinates nine federal law enforcement agencies in combating non-drug transnational organized crime networks

• member agency

Services & Transactions

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Computer Sciences Corporation Provides IT services to industry and government

• Contractor · 617,867,901 USD ('03→'08)

Northrop Grumman Corporation Large American Defense Contractor

• Contractor · 438,398,599 USD ('03→'08)

Unisys Provider of IT services, systems integration, consulting, and server technology.

• Contractor · 250,546,578 USD ('03→'08)

Lockheed Martin Corporation Defense, aeronautics, and systems engineering company

• Contractor · 80,616,593 USD ('03→'08)

General Dynamics Corporation Manufactures components, parts, systems for military and commercial aircraft

• Contractor · 45,426,673 USD ('03→'08)

Verizon Communications Inc. Merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp.

• Contractor · 45,366,825 USD ('03→'08)

URS Corporation Provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private companies

• Contractor · 23,739,398 USD ('03→'08)

BearingPoint, Inc. Application Services and Technology Solution Company

• Contractor · 18,000,958 USD ('04→'08)

Xerox Provide services that help assist with document and print related processes

• Contractor · 16,877,798 USD ('03→'08)

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Large, diverse provider of technical and construction services.

• Contractor · 13,765,005 USD ('03→'07)

Lobbied By

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

• Lobbying (for client) ('05→'07)

MassMutual Financial Group

• Direct Lobbying ('00→'07)

Weyerhaeuser Company The biggest owner of timberland in North America

• Direct Lobbying ('08)

New York Life Insurance Company

• Direct Lobbying ('08)

Rockwell Collins Inc An avionics company

• Direct Lobbying ('07→'08) [+1]

• Lobbying (for client) ('05→'08)

Pacific Life Insurance Company

• Direct Lobbying ('08)

Thelen LLP Defunct law firm, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2009

• Lobbying (for client) ('99→'07)

WilmerHale global legal representation across a comprehensive range of industry and practice areas

• Lobbying (for client) ('99→'00)

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PwC US helps organizations and individuals create the value they're looking for

• Lobbying (for client) ('03→'04)

Morgan Stanley investment bank

• Lobbying (for client) ('00→'08)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal agency with homeland security responsibilities

• Affiliation

National Treasury Employees Union

• Affiliation