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- The Treasury confirmed to Bi that Melanie Krause, the acting commissioner of the IRS, will leave the agency.
- She is now the third chief of the IRS to leave in the last three months.
- The IRS is expected to undergo new labor reductions in the coming weeks.
Another leader of the Internal Revenue Service will soon leave the agency.
A Treasury spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday in Business Insider that the interim commissioner of the IRS, Melanie Krause, leaves her role. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday evening that Krause participated in the second delayed resignation program of the agency, which would give him paid administrative leave at the end of September.
“Melanie Krause directed the IRS through an extraordinary period of change,” said the spokesperson.
“While we focus on computer modernization and reorganize the agency to better serve the taxpayer, we are also breaking down silos of data which, for too long, have been in court to identify waste, fraud and abuses and translate criminals into court,” added the spokesperson. “We believe that these objectives are essential to a more effective government and a safer country. We wish Melanie on its next efforts.”
Krause is now the third chief of the IRS to leave the agency in the last three months. Former Commissioner Danny Werfel, who was appointed by former president Joe Biden, left in January, and Doug O’Donnell, another senior manager, retired a month later.
Two IRS employees told Bi that Krause was still listed on the agency’s HR system, and that it will probably not be deleted before the end of April, in accordance with the deferred resignation directives.
The IRS began to implement its labor reduction plans, and more staff cuts are expected in the coming weeks.
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