Spotlight on IRS Excise Tax Attorney Rachel S. Smith

Our Spotlight series highlights the careers and lives of tax professionals across the globe. This week’s focus is on Rachel S. Smith, a docket attorney in the national office of the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, where she specializes in excise taxes.

A Pittsburgh native, she came to Washington, D.C., after graduating from college. She liked the D.C. area so much that she stayed for law school and hasn’t left. She interned at the IRS in between her second and third years at American University and was hired full time after graduating in 2011.

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