| Office | Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy |
|---|---|
| President | Joe Biden |
| Term start | January 20, 2021 |
| Term end | September 27, 2021 Acting |
| Predecessor | David Kautter |
| Successor | Lily Batchelder |
| President 1 | Barack Obama |
| Term start 1 | August 2012 |
| Term end 1 | January 20, 2017 |
| Predecessor 1 | Michael Mundaca |
| Successor 1 | David Kautter |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Michigan State University (BA) Stanford University (MA, PhD) |
Mark J. Mazur is an American economist who formerly served as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy in the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Early life and education
Mark Mazur received a Bachelor of Arts in financial administration from Michigan State University and earned a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.[1][2][3]
Career
Mazur early worked as a tax accountant for General Motors before spending four years teaching public finance at Carnegie Mellon University. Later, he entered government, working first as a staff member on the U.S. Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation and, later, in several middle management positions at the White House and the U.S. Department of Energy. He eventually moved to the Internal Revenue Service where he was appointed to the senior-level position of director of research, analysis, and statistics of income.[1][3]
In 2009 Mazur was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Analysis. He was named Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy in 2011, being confirmed to the post by the U.S. Senate the following year.[1][3][4]
In 2017, Mazur left the U.S. government to accept a position as director of the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution.[5][2][6]
References
- ^ Paletta, Damien (August 21, 2014). "Inversions Push Falls to Treasury's Tax Man". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "Mark Mazur to take over as TPC Director". Tax Policy Center. Brookings Institution. 13 December 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "Mark J. Mazur". U.S. Department of the Treasury. U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ Temple-West, Patrick (August 3, 2012). "Senate confirms top Treasury Department tax official". Reuters. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ Davis, John (April 25, 2017). "An expert in an era of tax reform". The Hill. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ Jagoda, Naomi (December 13, 2016). "Treasury official to lead Tax Policy Center". The Hill. Retrieved December 21, 2016.