David Kautter

David Kautter is an American lawyer and tax policy advisor. He is the Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury for Tax Policy. He was a partner at accounting firm RSM International. 
Kautter was a partner at Ernst &amp; Young and served as tax legislative counsel for former U.S. Senator John Danforth. 
On October 26, 2017, President Donald Trump announced the designation of Kautter to be the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service effective November 13, 2017.