Commissioner of Internal Revenue

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue (or IRS Commissioner) is the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),^[1] an agency within the United States Department of the Treasury.^[2]

The office of Commissioner was created by Congress by the Revenue Act of 1862.^[3] Their job is to administer and supervise the execution and application of the internal revenue laws. The Commissioner is appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate, for a five-year term.^[4]^[5]

The current commissioner is Charles P. Rettig. He appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on June 28, 2018 for his confirmation hearing. The committee approved his nomination on July 19, 2018. His nomination was approved by the full senate on September 12, 2018.

Commissioner Of Internal Revenue Media

George S. Boutwell, the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service
This is a circa 1860 picture showing the 2nd IRS commissioner
William Orton (Western Union President) (3x4a)
Edward Ashton Rollins (1828-1885) was the 3rd Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Columbus Delano, Hon. of Ohio. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1860 (1)
Sketch of John Watkinson Douglass in 1889 in the Evening Star at the time of his appointment to the D.C. Board of Commissioners.
General Alfred Pleasonton. Union Army. (9238303681) (cropped)
Sketch of John Watkinson Douglass in 1889 in the Evening Star at the time of his appointment to the D.C. Board of Commissioners.
Daniel D. Pratt, Brady-Handy photo portrait, sitting (3x4a)
Hon. Green Berry Raum of Ill.