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Edward Killen, formerly the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) division, was promoted to the IRS’s acting chief taxpayer compliance officer. The late-March promotion came after Heather Maloy, the previous chief taxpayer compliance officer, stepped down effective March 21.
Robert Choi, who had served as the acting deputy commissioner of the TE/GE division since 2018, was appointed acting commissioner of the division. In his new role, he oversees administration of tax laws that govern tax-exempt organizations, tax-exempt bonds, employee retirement plans, Indian tribal governments, and federal, state and local governments.
Choi had been the IRS chief privacy officer where his duties included overseeing policies and procedures around accessing and disclosing federal tax information. Before that he was director, employee plans, a position in which he was responsible for the programs of the Employee Plans function within the TE/GE division.
Killen now enforces tax administration policy while overseeing taxpayer service, compliance efforts and criminal investigations geared toward enforcing compliance. Killen had served as commissioner of the TE/GE division since September 30, 2022 following the retirement of commissioner Sunita Lough.
Killen had previously been deputy commissioner of the TE/GE division, the IRS Chief Privacy Officer, and had held several other executive roles within the IRS.
