Experienced leader of Federal agency with 87,000+ employees, annual budget of $14.1 billion and annual gross revenue of $4.9 trillion. Led the agency during the COVID crisis and distribution of three rounds of EIPs and refunds, more than 475 million payments totaling $830+ billion, while transforming from a mostly paper-based organization to a mostly virtual organization. As an experienced tax lawyer practicing in Los Angeles, Mr. Rettig specializes in resolving tax matters for high-wealth families and their closely held business entities throughout the world.. He is also interested in board opportunities and opportunities to provide strategic, financial and operational guidance to innovative early stage and other companies. As the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (2018-2022), Chuck Rettig presided over the nation’s tax system managing an agency of almost 83,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $14.1 billion -generating more than $4.9 trillion in FY2022 - representing more than 95% of the gross revenue of our country. During the pandemic, following enactment of the CARES Act, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, and the American Recovery Plan, the IRS processed more than 500 million payments totaling more than $1.5 trillion in record economic relief and individual refunds. The IRS aggressively pursued multi-lingual, multi-cultural efforts expanding awareness, information and assistance available to taxpayers in additional languages, including providing the Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040, in Spanish for the first time. Prior to becoming the IRS Commissioner, Mr. Rettig was in private tax practice. As then stated in the Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, "According to peers, Charles Rettig . . . is ‘phenomenal, just phenomenal.' Further, he "is regarded by market sources as a 'brilliant and gifted lawyer . . . a real star and a national leader'" who “enjoys a superb reputation and benefits from ‘great presence.’” Chambers USA further stated “Fantastic controversy tax lawyer” Charles Rettig is “knowledgeable and very intelligent . . .a force to be reckoned with . . .a driving force in policy making at the national level with great client skills when it comes to sensitive matters.” Mr. Rettig was listed by Chambers USA as the only Eminent Practitioner in the Chambers Category “Tax: Fraud – Nationwide” and was selected by his peers as the Best Lawyers' 2016, 2017 and 2018 "Tax Lawyer of the Year" (Litigation and Controversy, Los Angeles).