John J. Kaschak, CPA, CISA, GGAP, CGFM
Deputy Secretary for
Taxation
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
John is the Deputy Secretary for Taxation, Pennsylvania Department of
Revenue. As Deputy Secretary for Taxation, John is responsible for managing the
Bureaus of Corporation Taxes, Motor and Alternative Fuel Taxes, Individual
Taxes, and Business Trust Fund Taxes, and also the operations of the Taxpayer
Services and Information Center and Voluntary Disclosure Program. He also
directs the review of corporation tax reports, motor fuel reports, personal
income tax returns, inheritance tax returns, realty transfer tax documents,
Property Tax/Rent Rebate claims, sales tax returns, and employer tax
returns.
Previous to his current position, John was the Director of the Pennsylvania
Office of Budget, Office of Comptroller Operations, Bureau of Audits. The Bureau
of Audits is the primary internal audit function within the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and is responsible for conducting performance audits of
Commonwealth’s agencies and their subrecipients, providing systems development
implementation guidance, conducting various desk reviews including those of
subrecipient single audit reports, and assisting the Commonwealth’s independent
auditors with financial statement and single audit procedures. Immediately
preceding his role in the Office of the Budget, John was employed by the
Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General.
Before his dozen years of public service, John spent over four years in the
public accounting profession, conducting financial statement and single audits
of a variety of state and local government entities in both the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and the State of Maryland. The majority of John’s public accounting
experience was spent with Ernst & Young LLP.
John holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration-Accounting from
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Public Accountant,
Chartered Global Management Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor,
Certified Government Auditing Professional, and Certified Government Financial
Manager.
John serves on the US Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office, Green Book Advisory
Committee. He is currently serving as a member
of the American Institute of Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Government Performance and Accountability
Committee (GPAC). He is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants’ (PICPA) Council, as well as their Legislative
and Local Government Committees, and was named to the 2012 class of the “40 Under
40: PICPA Members to Watch.”
