Veteran auditor to head Tax Division

Robynn J. Wilson of Anchorage, 48, a certified public accountant and 10-year division veteran, has been appointed director of the Tax Division by Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Bill Corbus.

Wilson’s appointment is effective immediately. She replaces Dan Dickinson, who resigned earlier in 2005 to join Gov. Frank Murkowski’s natural gas pipeline negotiating team. Wilson will be paid $93,576 a year as director, Revenue said in a statement.

“We advertised the position nationally and interviewed quality candidates from across the nation,” Corbus said. “Robynn’s dedication, professionalism and leadership put her at the top of the list.” Wilson has been the revenue department’s corporate income tax auditor since 1995 and the lead auditor responsible for auditing several of Alaska’s largest corporate taxpayers. She assisted appeals staff and state assistant attorneys general on tax issues and the state’s legal position in litigation.

Prior to her state service Wilson was a financial administrator with McNall & Associates in Anchorage and a staff accountant at the Anchorage offices of Price Waterhouse. She is a certified management accountant and also was employed previously by the Internal Revenue Service.

Wilson received her graduate certificate in state and local tax from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor of business administration degree and an emphasis in accounting.