David Kautter is an American lawyer and tax policy advisor who served as Assistant Secretary of the

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for Tax Policy. Prior to assuming his prior role of Assistant Secretary, he was a partner at accounting firm RSM International. Kautter was previously the managing director of the Kogod Tax Center and executive-in-residence at the Kogod School of Business at

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. He was a partner at

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and served as tax legislative counsel for former U.S. Senator

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. According to '' The Hill'', "If confirmed, Kautter would oversee tax matters in the department and would likely play a key role in the administration's tax-reform efforts." On October 26, 2017, President

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announced the designation of Kautter to be the acting

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of the

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effective November 13, 2017. His acting assignment ended when IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig was confirmed by the full senate on September 12, 2018 and sworn in on October 1, 2018.

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External links

Faculty profile at American University
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kautter, David Living people University of Notre Dame alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni 21st-century American lawyers American University faculty First Trump administration personnel United States assistant secretaries of the treasury Year of birth missing (living people) Tax lawyers