The Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday that Michael Danilack has been named deputy commissioner for international tax matters.
Danilack joins the IRS from the Washington, D.C., office of tax boutique Burt, Staples & Maner. The 15-lawyer firm also has an office in London, with a roster of clients including Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Euroclear and UBS.
Prior to joining the firm, Danilack worked as a principal at Deloitte Tax, focusing on cross-border tax matters. From the mid-1990s to 2000, he served as IRS associate chief counsel (international) overseeing the legal staff responsible for the interpretation, enforcement and litigation of all international provisions of the U.S. revenue laws.