Julie Prendergast Magee was appointed Alabama Revenue Commissioner by Gov. Robert Bentley in January 2011, overseeing the collection of $9.8 billion in revenue annually. During her tenure as
Commissioner, Magee has had the distinction of serving in leadership roles in the Federation of Tax Administrators, the Multistate Tax Commission, and the Southeastern Association of Tax Administrators.
Magee’s service to taxpayers and the business community also includes her work with several significant commissions, task forces, and advisory councils, and she provided expert testimony to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law in June 2015. She is also an active participant on the Authentication and the Financial Services workgroups that are part of the IRS Security Summit, working with the IRS and industry partners to prevent ID theft and tax fraud. As head of the Department of Revenue, Magee serves on the Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund, helping families and individuals across the state recover from devastating storms. Prior to her appointment as revenue commissioner, Magee was vice president of the Mobile-based InsTrust Insurance Group. Her 20-year career in the business community focused largely on competitive sales and market expansion in the insurance industry
