Daniel Werfel

Daniel I. Werfel (born 1971) 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. 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.

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, a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a master's degree in public policy from Duke University. 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. 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. after the resignation of the previous Acting Commissioner, Steven T. Miller.

Private sector In 2014, Werfel joined Boston Consulting Group as a Director in the firm's Public Sector Practice, based in Washington, D.C. 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. On March 9, 2023, Werfel was confirmed by the Senate by a 54–42 vote. 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. 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.

Their cat, Emmett, was featured on the Internal Revenue Service's Instagram account multiple times.