The acting head of the IRS reportedly plans to resign shortly after a data-sharing agreement between the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security was announced.
Melanie Krause will resign via the deferred resignation program set up by the Trump administration over disagreements with the IRS’s direction, according to the Washington Post. Krause’s resignation will be the third by an IRS chief this year.
Daniel Werfel, the IRS commissioner under former President Joe Biden, resigned from the position in January, and his acting successor, Doug O’Donnell, resigned in February. President Donald Trump has nominated former Rep. Billy Long to be the next IRS commissioner, but while Long awaits a Senate confirmation vote, acting commissioners have led the agency.
The IRS made headlines earlier this week for
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