Eileen McNulty | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania | |
| In office June 10, 2015 – April 21, 2017 | |
| Governor | Tom Wolf |
| Preceded by | Dan Meuser |
| Succeeded by | C. Daniel Hassell |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Governor | Bob Casey Sr. |
| Preceded by | David L. Donahoe |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Judge |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University (BA) |
Eileen H. McNulty is a former government official from theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States.
She served as Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue from 1991 to 1995 in the cabinet of Pennsylvania GovernorRobert P. Casey and in the cabinet of GovernorTom Wolf asPennsylvania Secretary of Revenue, a post which she held until her retirement on April 21, 2017.[1]
McNulty graduatedcum laude from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.[2][3]
From 1991 to 1995, McNulty served as Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue in the cabinet of Pennsylvania GovernorRobert P. Casey. She then served in thePennsylvania Office of the Budget from 2011 until 2013.[4]
Nominated in 2015 by Pennsylvania GovernorTom Wolf to be thePennsylvania Secretary of Revenue, her appointment was confirmed by thePennsylvania Senate in June 2015.[5]
During her tenure as head of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, she oversaw the planning and implementation of anidentity theft division to protect commonwealth residents from tax fraud and help victims recover from identity theft crimes. The initiative reportedly saved the commonwealth more than six million dollars in 2016 alone. In addition, she oversaw her agency's redesign of its business service operations, a project which included the creation of an internet site that businesses could use to pay their taxes online.[6]
In February 2017, she announced a tax amnesty program in an effort to encourage delinquent taxpayers who owed more than $1.1 billion in taxes to make their payments without having to pay fees for lien filings.[7] It was her final administrative project as Secretary of Revenue. She retired from commonwealth service on April 21, 2017.[8][9]