FTA Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Tax Administration
View award winners and submit nominations for the Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service Award and other recognitions
Nominate a Program of Excellence
Submit your good ideas and favorite programs throughout the year
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).
The 2023 deadline for submissions is April 8, 2023. Please send any questions or comments to awards@taxadmin.org
Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Nominate an oustanding leader in tax administration
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, please list:
- The nominee’s career highlights and accomplishments
- The nominee’s leadership of activities that involve other agencies or other states
Leadership award nominations are judged by the FTA Board of Trustees executive committee.
The 2023 deadline for submissions is April 8, 2023. Please send any questions or comments to awards@taxadmin.org
FTA Award Recipients
View recent award recipients and programs of excellence in tax administration
2022
2022 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Eva M. Liggins
Director of Operations, District of Columbia
2022 Award Winners
2021
2021 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Sharonne Bonardi
Comptroller of Maryland
2021 Award Winners
Indiana Department of Revenue
Employee Engagement and Audit Conference Pandemic Response
Illinois Department of Revenue
We want to give you money! (Earned Income Tax Credit Initiative)
Washington State Department of Revenue
Managing a massive influx of city partners into Washington State’s Business Licensing Service
2020
2020 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
2020 Award Winners
New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration
Strategic Approach to Public Outreach
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Software Registration and Approval Process for XML Filing of Withholding and Information Returns
2019
2019 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Diane Hardt
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
2018
2018 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Michael Chertude
Washington State Department of Revenue
Barry Conover
Utah Tax Commission
2018 Award Winners
Alabama Department of Revenue
for its Income Tax Refund Fraud Individual App
Florida Department of Revenue
for its SCORE Partnership Team program
Maryland Office of the Comptroller
for its Impact of Age Demographics on Tax Filing and Revenue solution
Washington State Department of Revenue
Managing a massive influx of city partners into Washington State’s Business Licensing Service
Illinois Department of Revenue
We want to give you money! (Earned Income Tax Credit Initiative)
Washington State Department of Revenue
Managing a massive influx of city partners into Washington State’s Business Licensing Service
2017
2017 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Tony Mastin
Oklahoma Tax Commission
2017 Award Winners
Wisconsin
FTA Award for Outstanding Technology Applications
South Dakota
FTA Award for Outstanding Technology Applications
California Franchise Tax Board
Honorable Mention
2016
2016 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
2016 Award Winners
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Honorable mention for their management and organization initiative
2015
2015 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
John Vecchiarelli
Colorado Department of Revenue
2015 Award Winners
2014
2014 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
2014 Award Winners
New York State Department of Taxation & Finance
Outstanding Technology Applications
2013
2013 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service
Janet Shimabukuro
Washington State
2013 Award Winners
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
Management for its enterprise-wide approach to risk management
North Carolina Department of Revenue
Compliance Programs receive an honorable mention
