IRS appoints new chief for Exempt Organizations.

Lois G. Lerner Ler·ner , Alan Jay 1918-1986.

American playwright and lyricist. He wrote a number of musicals with the composer Frederick Loewe, including Brigadoon (1947) and My Fair Lady (1956).

Noun 1. is the new the director of the Exempt Organizations Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. ). In this position, she will be responsible for administering and enforcing the tax laws that apply to more than 1.8 million organizations recognized by the IRS as exempt from tax.

"Protecting the integrity of tax-exempt tax-ex·empt
adj.
1. Not subject to taxation, as the capital or income of a philanthropic organization.

2. Producing interest that is exempt from income tax: tax-exempt bonds.

n. organizations is an important part of our enforcement program," said IRS Commissioner Mark W Everson Everson is a surname, and may refer to

Cory Everson, an American female bodybuilder
Cromwell Everson, an Afrikaans and South African Composer (1925-1991)
Helen Everson, founder of the Everson Museum of Art
Mark W.

. Before this appointment, Lerner had been the director of the Exempt Organizations Rulings & Agreements Division, where she was responsible for the EO determinations letter program, public guidance and technical assistance for IRS agents conducting examinations of tax-exempt organizations. Lerner came to the IRS in 2001 from the Federal Election Commission, where she was Associate General Counsel for Enforcement and Acting General Counsel. She replaces Martha Martha, in the New Testament, friend of Jesus, sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. In Christian literature, Martha has been a symbol of the active, as opposed to the contemplative, life. Feast: July 29.

Martha

personification of the busy housekeeper. Sullivan, who retired from the IRS at the end of December.

Lerner reported to her new position in early January 2006. Joseph Urban, EO Senior Technical Advisor in Rulings & Agreements, will serve as acting director of EO Rulings & Agreements.

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