New York Occasions: “Firing probationary staff like Ms. Crowell was only the start of President Trump’s far-reaching agenda for the I.R.S. The administration is making ready price range cuts and additional layoffs that would finally power the I.R.S. to shed as a lot as half of its 100,000-person work power — a drastic discount that would imply many People face much less scrutiny, and obtain much less assist, on their taxes. On the identical time, Mr. Trump is asserting extra political management over an company that has traditionally been insulated from adjustments in management on the White Home.”
“Quickly after the election, Mr. Trump selected Billy Lengthy, a former Republican congressman and vocal supporter of the president, to guide the I.R.S. The selection of Mr. Lengthy was uncommon. He’d by no means run a big group and his solely background in tax consisted of pitching small companies on a fraud-riddled tax credit score. And by deciding to interchange Daniel Werfel, then the pinnacle of I.R.S., years earlier than the top of his time period in 2027, Mr. Trump was upending the norm that commissioners of the I.R.S. keep within the function at the same time as a brand new president comes into workplace.”
