Erin Collins, the former director of KPMG's Western tax controversy services practice, will start her term Monday as the new taxpayer advocate leading the Taxpayer Advocate Service, the agency said in a statement. She's starting earlier than planned to help taxpayers during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the statement.
Before her 20-year tenure at KPMG, Collins was an attorney in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel for 15 years, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced her appointment in late February.
Collins is taking over for Bridget Roberts, who served as an interim replacement in the independent IRS office after the long-serving advocate Nina Olson stepped down in 2019, the IRS said.
--Additional reporting by David van den Berg. Editing by Vincent Sherry.
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