Internal Revenue Service Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Commissioner=== {{main|Commissioner of Internal Revenue}} The IRS is currently led by [[Daniel Werfel]], who became Commissioner of Internal Revenue on March 13, 2023.<ref name="IRS-Werfel">{{cite web | title=Werfel begins work as 50th IRS Commissioner | website=Internal Revenue Service | date=2023-03-13 | url=https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/werfel-begins-work-as-50th-irs-commissioner | access-date=2023-03-16}}</ref> He succeeded [[Douglas O'Donnell]], who served as Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue after [[Charles P. Rettig]]'s term as Commissioner ended on November 12, 2022.<ref name="Tres-ODonnell">{{cite web | title=IRS Deputy Commissioner Douglas O'Donnell Designated Acting IRS Commissioner | website=U.S. Department of the Treasury | date=2022-10-28 | url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1060 | access-date=2022-12-01}}</ref> There have been 50 commissioners of Internal Revenue and 28 acting commissioners since the agency's creation in 1862.<ref name=commish>{{cite web|title=The Commissioner's Section|url=https://www.irs.gov/uac/The-Commissioner%27s-Section|publisher=IRS.gov|access-date=August 10, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423103444/https://www.irs.gov/uac/The-Commissioner%27s-Section}}</ref> From May 22, 2013, to December 23, 2013, senior official at the [[Office of Management and Budget]] [[Daniel Werfel]] was acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue.<ref name="WH press release 2013">[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/16/president-obama-appoints-daniel-werfel-acting-commissioner-internal-reve President Obama Appoints Daniel Werfel as Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue], May 16, 2013</ref> Werfel, who attended law school at the [[University of North Carolina]] and attained a master's degree from [[Duke University]], prepared the government for a potential shutdown in 2011 by determining which services that would remain in existence.<ref name="WH press release 2013"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Daniel Werfel replaces Miller as acting IRS commissioner|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/16/daniel-werfel-to-replace-miller-as-acting-irs-commissioner/|access-date=May 16, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 16, 2013|author=Zachary A. Goldfarb|author2=Aaron Blake}}</ref> No IRS commissioner has served more than five years and one month since Guy Helvering, who served 10 years until 1943.<ref name=bloomberg1>{{cite news|title=IRS Commissioner Says He Doesn't Want Second Term|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=April 5, 2012|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-05/irs-commissioner-says-he-doesn-t-want-second-term.html |last=Rubin |first=Richard }}</ref> The most recent commissioner to serve the longest term was Doug Shulman, who was appointed by President [[George W. Bush]] and served for five years.<ref name="bloomberg1"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page