Richard FurlongInternal Revenue Service

Mr. Furlong is a Senior Stakeholder Liaison in the Stakeholder Liaison office of the Internal Revenue Service Communications & Liaison Division. Stakeholder Liaison serves as the primary IRS field liaison office to tax practitioner and small business industry organizations throughout the country.

Each year, Mr. Furlong represents IRS at both face-to-face seminars and online webinars where he discusses IRS policies and procedures, tax law updates, data security topics for business and tax professionals, and emerging areas of tax administration. In 2018 he served on a detail assignment to the IRS C& L Technical Communications Branch where he assisted with the development and implementation of the IRS communications and outreach strategy for various provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). In 2023 he was a member of the C & L “Clean Energy Credits” team developing outreach products and strategy for these new individual and business tax credits. Each year, Mr. Furlong delivers face-to-face and virtual presentations for our small business partners such as SCORE and the Women’s Business Enterprise Center.

Mr. Furlong is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.