The University of Akron School of Law will host a lecture by leading tax authority Rick Grafmeyer, a 1982 graduate of Akron Law on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. in Room 152. The event is free and open to the public.
Grafmeyer is currently a partner with Capitol Tax Partners, Washington D.C.’s largest independent consulting firm specializing in tax legislative and regulatory matters. He served as chief tax advisor to Sen. John McCain during the 2008 Presidential election. From 1998 to 2000, he was deputy chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) and was responsible for major simplification study (three volumes), and separate studies on Tax Code penalty and disclosure provisions and tax-exempt organizations issued by JCT.
In the 1990s, Grafmeyer was nominated to the Social Security Advisory Council by President Clinton and was the deputy republican staff director of the Senate Finance Committee. He also served as senior republican tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee and was responsible for general business tax issues, tax-exempt organizations, employee benefits, tax accounting, and IRS compliance.
Prior to his work on Capitol Hill, Grafmeyer was a partner in Arthur Andersen's National Office of Federal Tax Services and the leader of the firm's legislative practice and involved in regulatory and administrative issues before the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service. He also was a partner with Ernst & Young and National Director for Washington Tax Services focusing on tax issues before Congress or pending within Treasury or the IRS.
Grafmeyer is also a frequent commentator on tax and budget issues for CNN, CNBC, and PBS Nightly Business News.
