[EL] IRS officials and appointments

[Lloyd Mayer]

My recollection, confirmed by a 2012 CRS report on Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation, is that only the IRS Commissioner (five-year term) and the IRS Chief Counsel are appointed by the President.  I should note that the IRS Chief Counsel's office is outside of the actual IRS and the IRS Chief Counsel reports to both the Commissioner and the Secretary of the Treasury.  The President also appoints seven part-time members of the IRS Oversight Board (five year terms).  Finally, the President appoints the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, as well as the general Treasury Inspector General.  

Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer
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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Hess
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Subject: [EL] IRS officials and appointments

Who at the IRS, if anybody, is appointed by a president? What about the OIG that is issuing the report?

Douglas R. Hess, PhD
Washington, DC
ph. 202-277-6400
douglasrhess at gmail.com

Starting Aug. 2013:

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Department of Political Science
Grinnell College
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