Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sought total control over the I.R.S., an agency where Mr. Long, the new commissioner, had started to put his own mark on the job.
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Trump Is Replacing Billy Long as I.R.S. Commissioner
The change comes just two months into the former Republican congressman’s tenure leading the tax agency.
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I.R.S. Commissioner to Quit as Trump Takes Office
The president-elect has said he plans to nominate Billy Long, a former Republican congressman, to the role.
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How a Consulting Firm and Trump’s I.R.S. Pick Pushed a Problematic Tax Credit
Billy Long worked with Lifetime Advisors, a company that solicited clients to claim a pandemic-era tax credit that the I.R.S. said became a magnet for fraud.
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Billy Long Promised Huge Tax Refunds. Now Trump Wants Him to Lead the I.R.S.
Since leaving Congress in 2023, Billy Long has peddled a pandemic-era tax credit that the I.R.S. has warned is a magnet for fraud.
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Trump Picks Former Representative Billy Long to Lead I.R.S.
Billy Long served six terms as a representative from Missouri. Since then, he has helped businesses claim a pandemic-era tax credit that has been riddled with fraud and cost the government billions more than anticipated.