{{Short description|American government official (born 1971)}} {{about||the former University of Florida and NFL football player|Danny Wuerffel|}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Danny Werfel | image = Danny Werfel, IRS Commissioner 2.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2023 | office = 50th Commissioner of Internal Revenue | president = Joe Biden | deputy = Douglas O'Donnell | term_start = March 13, 2023 | term_end = January 20, 2025 | predecessor = Charles Rettig | successor = Billy Long | term_label1 = Acting | term_start1 = May 15, 2013 | term_end1 = December 23, 2013 | president1 = Barack Obama | predecessor1 = Steven T. Miller (acting) | successor1 = John Koskinen | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Beth Werfel | children = 2 | education = Cornell University (BS)<br />University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD)<br />Duke University (MPP) | party = Democratic }} '''Daniel I. Werfel''' (born 1971)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/biographical-information-daniel-werfel |title=Biographical information on Daniel Werfel |access-date=June 4, 2013 |archive-date=June 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610090043/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/biographical-information-daniel-werfel |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an American government official who served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 2023 to 2025. He was formerly a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from 2014 to 2023, acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 2013, and Controller of the Office of Management and Budget from 2011 to 2013.<ref name="IRS 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/meet-daniel-werfel-new-chief-irs | title=Meet Daniel Werfel, the new chief of the IRS | publisher=MarketPlace | date=May 22, 2013 | access-date=June 21, 2013 | author=Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Katie Long}}</ref><ref name="Nomination Page" /><ref name="Accounting web 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.accountingweb.com/article/acting-irs-head-daniel-werfel-receives-temporary-title-change/221938| title=Acting IRS Head Daniel Werfel Receives Temporary Title Change | publisher=Accounting Web | date=June 13, 2013 | access-date=July 1, 2013 | author=Bramwell, Jason}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-22/who-is-daniel-werfel-the-new-head-of-the-irs | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608092800/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-22/who-is-daniel-werfel-the-new-head-of-the-irs | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 8, 2013 | title=Who Is Daniel Werfel, the New Head of the IRS? | publisher=Bloomberg | date=May 22, 2013 | access-date=June 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="WH press release 2013">{{citation|publisher=The White House Office of the Press Secretary|work=Press release|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/16/president-obama-appoints-daniel-werfel-acting-commissioner-internal-reve|title=President Obama Appoints Daniel Werfel as Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue|date=May 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-24 |title=Former acting IRS administrator Daniel Werfel leaves government |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-acting-irs-administrator-daniel-werfel-leaves-government |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> Werfel is currently serving as an Executive in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Government and Public Policy, a Distinguished Fellow at the Polis Center of Politics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, and a member of the Strategic Advisory Board at alliantgroup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Jason |date=2025-06-26 |title=OMB seeks ‘strategic reset’ of financial statement audits ("Danny Werfel, a former OMB controller and former IRS commissioner, now executive in residence at the School of Government and Public Policy at the Johns Hopkins University") |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/financial-management/2025/06/omb-seeks-strategic-reset-of-financial-statement-audits/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=federalnewsnetwork.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Danny Werfel, Former IRS Commissioner, Joins Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy as Polis Distinguished Fellow {{!}} Sanford School of Public Policy |url=https://sanford.duke.edu/story/danny-werfel-former-irs-commissioner-joins-dukes-sanford-school-public-policy-polis/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=sanford.duke.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=alliant Expands Strategic Expertise with Former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/alliant-expands-strategic-expertise-with-former-irs-commissioner-danny-werfel-302476773.html |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=www.prweb.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Werfel graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Plainview on Long Island in 1989. He holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/10/president-biden-announces-key-nominee-3/ | title=President Biden Announces Key Nominee | date=November 10, 2022 }}</ref> a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a master's degree in public policy from Duke University.<ref name="Bloomberg 2013" /><ref name="WH press release 2013" />
==Career== Werfel began his career at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1997 as a policy analyst in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Following that, he worked as a trial attorney in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.<ref name="WH press release 2013" /><ref>{{citation|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/biographical-information-daniel-werfel|title=Biographical information on Daniel Werfel|publisher=Associated Press|date=May 16, 2013|access-date=June 4, 2013|archive-date=June 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610090043/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/biographical-information-daniel-werfel|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the Department of Justice, he returned to OMB where he was a budget examiner in the Education Branch, then was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in 2003 and worked as Chief of the Financial Integrity and Analysis Branch within the Office of Federal Financial Management. He was then promoted to the position of Deputy Controller at OMB in 2005 and acting Controller in 2007, during the administration of George W. Bush.<ref name="Bloomberg 2013" /><ref name="WH press release 2013" />
In August 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Werfel to be OMB Controller. The U.S. Senate confirmed him for the position of OMB Controller on October 13, 2009. In January 2011, while retaining the responsibilities of OMB Controller, he also took on the responsibilities of the OMB Deputy Director for Management. While in these roles, he served as OMB's point person on implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government's operational response to a potential shutdown in 2011 by determining which essential services would continue to operate, and the federal government's preparation for the budget sequester.<ref name="Bloomberg 2013" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Daniel Werfel replaces Miller as acting IRS commissioner|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/16/daniel-werfel-to-replace-miller-as-acting-irs-commissioner/|access-date=October 7, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 16, 2013|author=Zachary A. Goldfarb|author2=Aaron Blake}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323293704578334622753492256 |title=The White House's Point Man Overseeing the Sequester |date=March 3, 2013 |website=Wall Street Journal |access-date=March 14, 2023}}</ref> He worked as the controller and acting deputy director for management until May 2013, at which time he was appointed as the acting IRS Commissioner.<ref name="Bloomberg 2013" /><ref name="WH press release 2013" />
On May 15, 2013, he was appointed Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue by President Obama,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shear|first1=Michael D.|title=Obama Names Daniel Werfel as New Acting I.R.S.Chief|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/us/politics/obama-to-name-budget-official-as-acting-irs-chief.html|access-date=October 27, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 16, 2013}}</ref> after the resignation of the previous Acting Commissioner, Steven T. Miller.<ref name="marketplace">{{cite news|last1=Marshall-Genzer|first1=Nancy|last2=Long|first2=Katie|title=Meet Daniel Werfel, the new chief of the IRS|url=http://www.marketplace.org/2013/05/22/economy/meet-daniel-werfel-new-chief-irs|access-date=October 27, 2016|work=Marketplace|date=May 22, 2013}}</ref>
===Private sector=== In 2014, Werfel joined Boston Consulting Group as a Director in the firm's Public Sector Practice, based in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|title=Danny Werfel|url=http://www.bcg.com/people/experts/danny-werfel.aspx|website=www.bcg.com|publisher=Boston Consulting Group|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> He was elected Managing Director and Partner in July 2017. In 2018, he was selected by BCG's CEO to lead BCG's Public Sector Practice in North America.
===Return to government service=== On November 10, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Werfel as Commissioner of Internal Revenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominee |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/10/president-biden-announces-key-nominee-3/ |website=The White House |date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref> On March 9, 2023, Werfel was confirmed by the Senate by a 54–42 vote.<ref name="Nomination Page">{{cite web |title=PN27 — Daniel I. Werfel — Department of the Treasury |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/27 |website=Congress.gov |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref> He was sworn in by deputy commissioner and former acting commissioner Doug O'Donnell on March 13, 2023, for a term ending November 12, 2027.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/werfel-begins-work-as-50th-irs-commissioner |title=Werfel begins work as 50th IRS Commissioner |date=March 13, 2023 |website=Internal Revenue Service |publisher=United States Department of the Treasury |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref> On January 17, 2025, he announced his intent to resign from the Internal Revenue Service on January 20 when Donald Trump is inaugurated as President.
==Personal life== Werfel and his wife Beth have two children, Sean and Molly.<ref name="Bewig">{{cite news|last1=Bewig|first1=Matt|title=Acting Director of the Internal Revenue Service: Who Is Danny Werfel?|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/acting-director-of-the-internal-revenue-service-who-is-danny-werfel-130527?news=850130|access-date=October 27, 2016|work=AllGov|date=May 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2023/02/15/bidens-irs-nominee-promises-change-at-senate-confirmation-hearing/ forbes.com]</ref>
Their cat, Emmett, was featured on the Internal Revenue Service's Instagram account multiple times.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2024/07/05/danny-werfels-cat-is-the-irss-new-social-media-darling/107584/ | title=Danny Werfel's Cat is the IRS's New Social Media Darling | date=July 5, 2024 }}</ref>
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