Douglas O'Donnell is an American government official who served as acting

Commissioner of Internal Revenue The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an agency within the United States Department of the Treasury. The office of Commissioner was created by United States Congress, Congress as part of the Reven ...

from November 2022 to March 2023, and later from January 2025 until his retirement on February 28, 2025.

Early life and education

O'Donnell graduated from the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD i ...

with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting.

Career

O'Donnell began his IRS career as a revenue agent in Washington, DC in 1986. He was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Maryland. He eventually became Deputy Commissioner (International) in LB&I, Assistant Deputy Commissioner (International) in LB&I, Director of Competent Authority & International Coordination, Director of International Compliance, Strategy & Policy, deputy director, Pre-Filing and Technical Guidance, then the Director of Field Operations, Heavy Manufacturing and Transportation Industry. He then spent six years as the Commissioner of the IRS Large Business and International (LB&I) Division, followed by becoming the Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement before becoming the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on November 13, 2022. On February 25, 2025, it was announced that O'Donnell would retire on February 28, to be succeeded as both deputy and acting commissioner by Melanie Krause.

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