Acting IRS chief to retire amid agency disruptions
Source: Politico
02/24/2025 11:33 PM EST
Doug O’Donnell, the acting head of the IRS, is expected to announce his retirement on Tuesday amid turbulence at the tax collection agency, according to a person familiar with his plans.
His planned departure comes nearly a week after the Trump administration started laying off thousands of agency workers and following a bid by personnel from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to gain access to taxpayer data.
O’Donnell has worked at the IRS for four decades and took over leadership of the agency in January, after President Donald Trump made it known he planned to replace then-Commisioner Danny Werfel. His exit comes in the midst of tax-filing season for millions of Americans.
The New York Times first reported O’Donnell’s retirement Monday night. Melanie Krause, currently the chief operating officer at the IRS, will take over for O’Donnell as interim chief. It wasn’t immediately known how related O’Donnell’s decision was to the recent disruptions at the agency.
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