Steven T. Miller (born c. 1956) was the acting

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from 2012 to 2013. He has Bachelor of Arts degree from the

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, a Juris Doctor degree from

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, and a Master of Laws degree in taxation from Georgetown University Law School. During his career at the IRS he was acting Assistant Commissioner and Special Assistant to the Assistant Commissioner, Employee Plans/Exempt Organizations; Commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division; Commissioner of the Large Business and International Division; and Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement. Miller became acting IRS commissioner on November 9, 2012, the day after

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was elected to a second term when Doug Shulman stepped down saying he did not want a second five-year term. Miller submitted his resignation on May 15, 2013, in the wake of the 2013 IRS scandal in which the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released an audit report confirming that the IRS used inappropriate criteria to identify potential political cases on

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applications. Some of these included organizations with Tea Party in their names. He later joined the tax advisory firm alliantgroup as national director of tax.

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