
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Associate Deputy Comptroller
for Tax
for Leadership and Service
FTA Award Recipients

District of Columbia
Office of Tax and Revenue
Collection and Enforcement Director
for Leadership and Service
FTA Award Recipients

in Tax Administration Award
FTA Award Recipients

Office of Tax and Revenue
in Tax Administration Award
FTA Award Recipients

Department of Revenue Administration
in Tax Administration Award
FTA Award Recipients

in Tax Administration Award
FTA Award Recipients

Principal at Ryan (retired)
Achievement Award
FTA Award Recipients

USDOT Program Analyst (retired)
Achievement Award
FTA Award Recipients

Colorado Department of Revenue
Achievement Award
FTA Award Recipients
FTA Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration

Nominate a Program of Excellence
You can update submissions as programs mature or yield new results. There is no limit on how many great ideas you can submit, or the categories (compliance, management, etc).
Please send any questions or comments to awards@taxadmin.org
Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
The Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service is a distinguished honor recognizing tax administration leaders who possess exceptional vision and innovation, commitment to open communication and continuous learning, and willingness to adapt and embrace change.
Nominees for the Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership must be a current FTA member agency employee and cannot be the agency head. To nominate an individual, an agency head should email a nomination letter to leadershipaward@taxadmin.org. In your email, list nominee’s:
- Career highlights and accomplishments
- Leadership of activities that involve other agencies or other states
Leadership award nominations are selected by the FTA Board of Trustees executive committee.
Send questions or comments to awards@taxadmin.org.

Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
The Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration recognizes FTA member organizations leading the way in tax administration through projects and initiatives created to improve processes, transform systems and revolutionize how they work and deliver for the citizens they serve.
Award Videos
This video library is filled with interviews and presentations that deliver you into the fine details of these incredible projects as you meet the amazing minds who had the vision and initiative to bring them to life.
Charlie Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
The Charlie Mills Lifetime Achievement Award was created by the FTA Tobacco Tax Section to be presented to a career government or industry employee who has dedicated their career to tobacco tax administration and enforcement.
Charles Mills was the Director of Petroleum Alcohol Tobacco Tax Unit for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance who lost his life on September 11, 2001, while helping to evacuate others out of World Trade Center Tower 2.
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
The Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 1998 to recognize Mr. Beck’s 40 years of guidance, support, encouragement, leadership, and mentoring to government and industry in the Motor Fuel Tax Administration.
FTA Award Recipients
2025 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Charlie Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2024 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Charlie Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2023 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Charlie Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2022 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Charlie Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2021 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Charlie Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
2020 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Charlie Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
2019 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2018 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2017 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2016 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2015 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2014 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
2013 Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
Robert Beck Lifetime Achievement Award
