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Article: The new commissioner's debut and TEI's social responsibility plan.(Tax Executives Institute)
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- Tax Executive
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- March 1, 2008
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During TEI's Midyear Conference, I had the pleasure of introducing the new Commissioner of Internal Revenue, not only to TEI, but the tax community. Douglas Shulman, who became the 47th Commissioner of Internal Revenue on March 24, used the Institute's conference two weeks later as the venue for his first speech.
The Commissioner came to the IRS from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the private-sector regulator of all securities firms doing business in the United States. As vice chairman, he was responsible for strategy, services and operations. He served in the same role at the National Association of Securities Dealers before its 2007 consolidation ...