Allen S. Leftwich

Deputy Director, Tax Audit Division

Allen S. Leftwich serves the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) as the Deputy Director of the Tax Audit Division (TAD). Under the direction of the Division Director, Mr. Leftwich is responsible for the planning, development, and monitoring of the bureau’s excise tax audit program for TTB’s regulated industries. The TAD mission is to verify the proper payment of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition excise taxes and ensure compliance with laws and regulations by taxpayers in a manner that protects the revenue, protects the consumer, and promotes voluntary compliance with the Federal Alcohol Administration (FAA) and Internal Revenue Code (IRC) laws.

Mr. Leftwich began his Government career in 1986 as an auditor with the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General in Philadelphia, PA.  Over the ensuing 17 years, Mr. Leftwich also worked for the Department of Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector Generals.  He held a variety of audit and supervisory positions. In July 2003, he joined TTB as the District Director of the TAD Philadelphia Office and in August 2005 was selected as the division’s Deputy Director.

Mr. Leftwich graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in Accounting in 1985. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).