Timothy J. McCormally J.D.

TIMOTHY J. MCCORMALLY has served as Acting Director of the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility. Currently he serves as Special Counsel for the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility. Before joining OPR as a Special Counsel in February 2021, he spent seven years as a director in KPMG’s National Tax Practice, working with both the Practice, Procedure & Administration group and the Federal Legislative and Regulatory Services group. Previously he spent three decades on the staff of Tax Executives Institute (serving first as general counsel and then as executive director). He has also worked in the predecessor of the Eversheds Sutherland law firm. During his career, Timothy has worked on a wide array of tax legislative, administrative, and controversy matters, filed numerous “friend of the court” briefs with the Supreme Court in tax cases, and has written and spoken extensively on tax professionalism, IRS procedure, and other topics. His articles have been published in _Tax Notes, Bloomberg BNA’s Daily Tax Report, Journal of Taxation, Tax Adviser_, and other publications. While at TEI, he was editor of _Tax Executive_ magazine and was named one of the top 10 most influential people in the sphere of global taxation three consecutive years by the U.K. publication _Tax Business_. In 2014, he was appointed to the IRS Advisory Council (IRSAC). and served as the chair of the overall group in 2017. Timothy received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the Iowa and District of Columbia Bars and has been an active member of the American Bar Association’s Tax Section for more than 40 years. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and a lifetime member of the American Tax Policy Institute. Timothy has published a book of poetry and is married to Judy McCormally, a retired consultant to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. They have two daughters and four grandchildren.