IRS commissioner to quit as Trump takes office, WSJ reports

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2025.01.17 13:22

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel testifies before House Committee on Ways and Means on

(Reuters) – US Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel said he would resign with nearly three years left in his term, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

“I had to recognize that the incoming team wanted to go in a new direction,” Werfel said in an interview ahead of a Friday message to IRS employees announcing his exit, according to the Journal.

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