Ronald N. Hancock

Director, Tax Audit Division

Ronald N. Hancock serves the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) as the Director of the Tax Audit Division. In this capacity, Mr. Hancock is responsible for the planning, development, and monitoring of the bureau’s excise tax audit program for TTB’s regulated industries. Tax Audit’s 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. Hancock began his government career in 1991 as an auditor with the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General in Chicago, IL. Over the ensuing 12 years with the Office of Inspector General, he held a variety of audit and supervisory positions. In February 2003, he joined TTB as the Acting Director of the Tax Audit Division and in September 2003 was selected as the Director of Tax Audit.

Mr. Hancock graduated from Augusta College (now Augusta State University) with a bachelor's degree in Accounting in 1990. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.