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Joseph A. Carzo, was appointed Audit Director in September 2013 after a five-year stint as Director of the Income Franchise Field Audit Bureau. Before then, he served as Director of the Sales Tax Audit Bureau.
Joe leads a division with about 1,300 employees who perform diverse audit, compliance, and enforcement activities involving personal income tax, franchise/corporation tax, sales and transaction taxes, and more than 20 miscellaneous tax laws. They deter noncompliance and encourage voluntary compliance to help ensure that honest taxpayers don’t bear an undue share of the tax burden.
Career background: Joe joined the department in 1990 and has served in 11 different positions in four divisions. He began his career as an auditor, then joined the former Technical Services Division before assuming leadership positions in the former Client Services Division and the Taxpayer Services and Revenue Division.
Education: He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. John Fisher College.