President Donald Trump has replaced the IRS interim commissioner a few days after he appointed him.
The new interim boss is the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender, according to a statement on Friday of the Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent.
“Trust must be returned to the IRS, and I am completely sure that Undersecretary Michael Faulkender is the right man at the moment,” Besent said.
Michael Faulkender, the election of President Donald Trump to be an deputy secretary of the Treasury, listens during an audience of the Senate Committee on Finance in Capitol Hill, on March 6, 2025, in Washington.
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Faulkender replaces Gary Shaley, an IRS agent for a long time, whom Trump had chosen to direct the IRS as an interim commissioner on Tuesday.
Shapley is the IRS complainant who accused the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden to grant his son, Hunter Biden, special treatment for a year investigation into his tax affairs.
The special IRS supervision agent, Gary Shapley, arrives to testify on Hunter Biden’s investigation during a House and Media Committee hearing, December 5, 2023, in Capitol Hill in Washington.
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“Gary Shapley’s passion and consideration for addressing the ways to create lasting and durable reforms in the IRS is essential for our work, and he remains among my most important advisors in the United States Treasury while we work together to rethink and reform the IRS,” Bessent added.
“After Gary and Joseph Ziegler complete their research ongoing, I intend to appoint them for senior roles in the IRS or the treasure of the United States that will guarantee that the results of their research translate into significant policy changes.”
The signaling for the internal tax service is seen outside the IRS headquarters in Washington, on April 15, 2025.
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