Michael F. Mundaca is an American tax lawyer who served as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy in the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Michael Mundaca | |
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| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy | |
| In office March 2010 – May 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Eric Solomon |
| Succeeded by | Mark Mazur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) University of Chicago (MA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) University of Miami (LLM) |
Early life and education
editMundaca was born in Staten Island, New York City, where his father, a Chilean immigrant, worked for the United States Postal Service.[1]
He received his B.A. in philosophy and physics from Columbia University in 1986,[2] and a M.A. from the University of Chicago.[3] He received a J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1992, where he was the senior executive editor of the California Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.[4] He also received a LL.M. from the University of Miami School of Law.[3]
Career
editMundaca began his career as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell's office in New York City. From 1997 to 2002, he worked in the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Tax Policy, leaving as Deputy International Tax Counsel.[5] He later joined the accounting firm, Ernst & Young, as a partner in the practice's International Tax Services group from 2002 to 2007. In 2007, he rejoined the Treasury Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs.[6][7] In September 2009, President Barack Obama picked Mundaca as Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy after Elizabeth Garrett withdrew her nomination.[8] He was confirmed in March 2010 and served in the position until May 2011,[9] when he left the agency to rejoin Ernst & Young, where he has been the leader of the firm's U.S. National Tax Department.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Key Treasury Tax Policy Post Loses its Luster as Nomination Languishes in the Senate". The Fiscal Times. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Alumni in the News". Columbia College Today. August 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ a b Young, Ernst &. "Michael F. Mundaca Rejoins Ernst & Young LLP". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Obama Taps Michael Mundaca '92 For Tax Post". Berkeley Law. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Opening Statement of Michael F. Mundaca Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy U. S. Senate Committee on Finance As Prepared for Delivery". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Mundaca Rejoins Ernst & Young from Treasury". Accounting Today. 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY" (PDF). Govinfo. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "New nominee for top US tax policy role announced". International Tax Review. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ McKinnon, John D. (2011-05-06). "Mundaca Is Leaving Treasury Tax Post". WSJ. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Michael Mundaca". www.ey.com. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
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