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Thomas Petit Thomas Petit
Acting Director, Employee Plans Examinations
IRS office of Employee Plans (EP)

Tom is the Acting Director, Employee Plans Examinations. He began his IRS career with the Employee Plans section in Dallas in January 1987. He worked both determinations and examinations before being selected as a review agent in Technical Review Staff in 1989. He became an group manager in 1991, managing examination and determination groups. He also served as Chief of Planning and Special Projects (PSP) and on the staff of the Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations (EO) Division Chief during the 1995 reorganization of the Midstates Region.

Tom became the manager of the EP examination group in Austin in 1996, and he became the manager of the Gulf Coast Employee Plans Team Audit (EPTA) group in October, 2001. He was selected as Gulf Coast Area Manager in 2011.

Tom has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Gannon University in Erie, PA, and Masters Degree in business from The University of Texas at Austin.