Rick Grafmeyer

Mr. Grafmeyer formerly served as the deputy chief of staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) from 1998 through 2000.  He was responsible for legislation and technical studies and recommendations JCT published in his tenure, including a study of corporate tax shelters, a major three-volume tax simplification project, a comprehensive study of the penalty and interest system, and two studies on disclosures impacting tax-exempt organizations. 

Earlier, from 1995 through 1998, Mr. Grafmeyer was the deputy staff director for the Senate Finance Committee responsible for tax and health care legislation before the Committee.  Mr. Grafmeyer was an important factor in leading major elements of the Republican agenda through the U.S. Senate after Republicans regained the majority.  Prior to that time, Mr. Grafmeyer was for almost six years the senior tax counsel for the Committee, responsible for general business issues, tax-exempt organizations, employee benefits, tax accounting, and IRS compliance.

Other than his government service, Mr. Grafmeyer has been a partner in Arthur Andersen's National Office of Federal Tax Services as well as the National Director for Washington Tax Services for Ernst & Young in their National Tax Office.  Since 2003, Mr. Grafmeyer has been a partner at Capitol Tax Partners, LLP, a tax legislative and regulatory law firm in D.C.

Mr. Grafmeyer is also widely known as an expert on Senate and House parliamentary procedural rules as well as budget process rules.  

Mr. Grafmeyer has a B.A. degree in accounting from Walsh College in Ohio, a J.D. degree from the University of Akron School of Law, and a LL.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center.