Hareesh Dhawale appointed US IRS APMA director

Hareesh Dhawale has been appointed director of the US IRS’s advance pricing and mutual agreement (APMA) program in the Large Business and International Division, the IRS has announced. Dhawale has served as acting director of APMA since June 2014.

APMA oversees the IRS’s advance pricing agreement program and is responsible for mutual agreement program (MAP) cases arising under US income tax treaties. Dhawale’s duties include planning, developing, directing, and implementing the IRS’s tax treaty administration program.

Prior to accepting the position, Dhawale served as APMA deputy director, technical, where he provided technical assistance for APA and MAP cases involving complex transfer pricing issues.  Dhawale joined the IRS in August 2011 as a supervisory competent authority examiner.

Dhawale holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park and a JD from The George Washington University National Law Center.

He replaces Richard McAlonan, who left the IRS for Ernst & Young last summer.

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