What is David Kautter?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = David Kautter |image = David Kautter official photo.jpg |office = Acting [[Commissioner of Internal Revenue]] |president = [[Donald Trump]] |term_start = November 13, 2017 |term_end = September 30, 2018 |predecessor = [[John Koskinen]] |successor = [[Charles P. Rettig]] |office2 = [[Office of Tax Policy|Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy]] |president2 = [[Donald Trump]] |term_start2 = September 25, 2017 |term_end2 = January 20, 2021 |predecessor2 = [[Mark Mazur]] |successor2 = [[Mark Mazur]] (Acting) |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |education = [[University of Notre Dame]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''David Kautter''' is an American lawyer and tax policy advisor. He was the Assistant Secretary of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|United States Treasury]] for Tax Policy from 2017 to 2021. He was a partner at accounting firm [[RSM International]]. Kautter was a partner at [[Ernst & Young]] and served as tax legislative counsel for former U.S. Senator [[John Danforth]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/10/president-donald-j-trump-announces-key-additions-his-administration|access-date=May 31, 2017|publisher=The White House|date=May 10, 2017|archive-date=May 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511021246/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/10/president-donald-j-trump-announces-key-additions-his-administration|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lawler|first1=Joseph|title=Trump nominates David Kautter for Treasury tax expert |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-nominates-david-kautter-for-treasury-tax-expert/article/2622751|access-date=May 31, 2017|publisher=Washington Examiner|date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> On October 26, 2017, President [[Donald Tr