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About the Commissioner

Reagan Farr was appointed commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Revenue by Governor Phil Bredesen on January 20, 2007. In 2003, Commissioner Farr joined the Department of Revenue as assistant commissioner for tax administration with responsibility for the Audit, Legal and Taxpayer Services Divisions. He was promoted to deputy commissioner, a role in which he served as the department's primary legislative liaison and tax policy coordinator, in 2004. Prior to joining the department, he was with Ernst & Young where he practiced in the state and local tax arena. Commissioner Farr earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and a bachelor's degree in economics from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.