The White House on Wednesday, May 10, announced that President Trump intends to nominate Dave Kautter as Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy. The nomination for Kautter, a former Director of National Tax at EY, was included in a press release with a group of other nominees.

The White House's announcement noted that Kautter "currently serves as Partner-in-Charge of the Washington National Tax practice for RSM, an audit, tax, and consulting services firm. He was also previously the Managing Director of the Kogod Tax Center and Executive-in-Residence at the Kogod School of Business at American University (AU). Prior to his work at AU, Mr. Kautter spent over 30 years at Ernst and Young, including serving as Director of National Tax for over 13 years. Mr. Kautter also worked on Capitol Hill as Tax Legislative Counsel for former Senator John C. Danforth of Missouri. He is a high honors graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received his J.D. from Georgetown Law Center."

The nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, and Kautter is expected to have a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.

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