The latest agency head to depart after #ElonMusk’s #DOGE team pushed for access to sensitive data & #MassLayoffs, Doug O’Donnell, acting #IRS Commissioner, announced his retirement after only having the job for a month.
#Trump #USpol #FederalAgencies #FederalWorkers #InfoSec #taxes #law
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/krause-to-serve-as-acting-irs-commissioner-odonnell-retires-after-distinguished-career
O’Donnell’s departure comes at a turbulent time for the IRS. #Trump has targeted the #tax collector, long a political villain for #Republicans, for deep layoffs, w/more than 6,700 employees dismissed last week. #Musk has suggested the #IRS should be abolished & deployed a member of his so-called #DOGE to the agency, w/others expected to follow.
With ~100k staff members before the #layoffs, the #IRS is responsible for collecting >$5T in revenue every year. Pres #Biden provided billions in new funding to the agency in hopes of modernizing its technology & beefing up its ability to go after #corporations & #wealthy people who do not pay the #taxes they owe.
#Trump is rapidly reversing those efforts, in moves that experts warn could increase the #deficit by making it easier for people to avoid paying.
#law #USpol
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