Washington – IRS Commissioner Billy Long, leaving his post after just two months on job, a White House official confirmed CBS News.
The official said Treasury Secretary Scott Besant would temporarily lead the IRS. President Trump is expected to nominate for an ambassador for a long time.
This news was first reported the new York Times,
Was long Confirmed by the Senate In the middle of June and after some tumors to lead the tax collection agency, IRS was captured. IRS had several interim commissioners since I returned to Mr. Trump’s office in January, one of which had gone for. Just 48 hoursTrump administration is With the aim of dramatically trim Agency’s workforce.
A former auctioneler and Missouri Republican Congressman, Long was selected to handle IRS Last year end After first Push to cancel Most of the tax code during your time at home. Long -term business is not an accountant, but Mr. Trump gave his time as one Tax advisorAfter retiring from Congress in 2023, for a long time, employee advised businesses on retention tax credit, Criticize From Democrats who mentioned the high rate of fraud of credit.
IRS Trump Administration has focused a focus on cutting government-wide employees. The agency reduced by an internal memorandum, by a combination of pruning and voluntary resignation to cut its 102,000-person workforce earlier this year, according to an internal memorandum, CBS News in AprilThe deduction was started after April 15, which is the deadline for most Americans to record their taxes.
By May, some 25,000 employees had left IRS, 25% decrease from February level, according to A Report By the IRS’s internal guards, the Inspector General of Treasury for Tax Administration. About 26% of the revenue agents of IRS – Audit employees – had left the agency by May, found in the report.
Meanwhile, the government’s efficiency department’s employee-one cost-cutting team once led by billionaire Elon Musk– Reached For IRS’s tax data system, Prosecute,
Former IRS acting chief melani cross Agency left in April On the plan to share tax data with immigration and customs enforcement to help identify unspecified immigrants. He Replaced by Gary ShapleA long -term IRS agent who is well known to speak about the alleged political impact in Hunter Biden Tax investigation. But was cursed Performed out after just two days After a dispute between Musk and Besant.
Besant complained to Mr. Trump that Shaple was established at the request of Kasturi and sought the President’s approval to undo the decision, several sources told CBS News at that time.
