Washington, DC, May 20: Former MP Billy Long (R-MO) speaks during the Senate Finance Committee nomination session at Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Emiez)
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Less than two months after the oath, Billy Long is now delegated in the Tax Authority. This step was reported first New York TimesIt was confirmed by the White House.
Rotating doors
President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Long in December 2024, although Danny Wrville was spending the tax authority’s term as a commissioner at the Tax Authority that could have been nominated until late 2027.
Werfel later announced his resignation, starting from January 20, 2025. long ago it has not been confirmed at that time, Werfel was replaced by Dug Odonel, who held the position of delegate on behalf of Werfel. Odonil left his post on February 28, 2025, and his shop was replaced by the then -person tax authority, Melanie Kraos. Krause announced its departure in April 2025, following the Tax Agency agreement to exchange tax data for migrants with immigration enforcement and customs enforcement (ICE). Gary Shabli held the position of delegate on behalf of only two days after the departure of Kraos before Michael Volflekander was replaced on April 18, 2025 – he was in this position until Long entered.
After calculating the procession of the tax department, Long was the sixth person who has managed the Tax Authority since the beginning of the year. He will be replaced by Scott Bessin, who will act as a delegate on behalf at the same time as the Treasury Secretary.
Not only those who leave the agency. The workforce in the Tax Authority decreased from 103,000 employees in January 2025 to about 77,000 in May 2025 (25 % reduction). These numbers, which were previously reported, were confirmed by the Tigta General Treasury inspector.
The departure of the leadership and the public workforce is just as well as the Tax Authority for the tax season next year. The Tax Authority has also announced that despite the new tax exemptions of the additional work income that enters the effect, retroactively throughout 2025, there will be no changes to blocking tables for 2025 or changes to some information, including the W-2 model, models 1099, model 941 and forms of return on other salaries. The tax specialist is enough time to implement changes effectively. “
About Billy Long
For a long time was an unusual choice (and controversial – maintaining reading) for this position. He has no official training in taxes, law, or accounting, he has no university degree, and does not work in Congress in the tax writing committee. He went out of Missouri University before returning to school – this time, to a public auction program at Missouri Auction School. He was told, and he explained to the auction magazine, that “Harvard is one of the schools in auctions.” There, he obtained the appointment of its approved sign. Once the profession turns into auctions, Long says it has average about 200 auctions annually for 20 years. Today, he is in the Hall of Celebrities of the National Auction Association.
Before heading to the capital, Long was also a real estate mediator and a radio dialogue host.
Long occupied a representative in the United States in the seventh Congress region in Missouri from 2011 to 2023. He then ran to the US Senate in 2022 but lost in the Republican preliminary elections.
While in the House of Representatives, Long served in the Energy and Trade Committee, the Transport and Infrastructure Committee, the Internal Security Committee, and the Republican Guidance Committee. He did not serve any tax or financial committees. However, he was received by the “Tax Fighter Award” by the National Tax reduction committee (the organization seems no longer present – the former website now refers to the Thai gambling site).
In 2011, the Law on the End of the Tax Law has been sponsored for a long time, which sought to cancel the tax law and replace it with fixed taxes (the amount and conditions were not placed on the bill, but salary taxes could not be canceled) – the bill was officially submitted entitled “Ending the Law of Internal Revenue for the year 1986”.
In 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, long bills have sponsored long sponsorship to cancel the income tax and other taxes, cancel the Tax Authority, and to age the national sales tax mainly managed by the states. This issue was largely unrelated in 2023, when the long-sponsored legislation had replaced most of the federal taxes, including salary statements and real estate taxes, with a 30 % tax on the cost of goods or services purchased (consumption tax)-the legislation also canceled the Tax Authority.
Separately, Long also participated in caring for legislation to cancel real estate tax on dozens of occasions.
Despite these previous moves, Long told the Senate Financial Committee in May 2025, “My experience in the unique life was my understanding of how the government’s work and the importance of fairness and integrity. I intend to use these experiences to make a transformative change to the Tax Authority.”
A controversial confirmation
Long, 53-44, has been confirmed on partisan lines, with all Republicans in the Senate who vote with yes-all votes that are not voices of Democrats. During his confirmation session, Democrats raised concerns about his relations with companies that have strengthened controversial tax credits, including non -existing “tribal credit” and tax credit to keep employees (ERC). ERC treatment was widespread and the Trump tax bill was signed on July 4, no claims suspended by credit deposited after January 31, 2024 and the removal of credit promoters penalties.
The Senator Ron and Eden (D-Or), a member of the US Senate Finance Committee, did not withdraw any punches in a confirmation session on May 20, saying: “The experience of a member of Congress came for a tax period after he left Congress, when he was heading towards the tax fraud.” Democrats also expressed concern that Long may allow political intervention from the White House of the Tax Agency, a issue that was more in the spotlight because Trump threatened to cancel the tax exemption at Harvard University. A long time ago, social media jobs criticized Harvard, Colombia and other tax -exempt organizations.
When asked about the case by Senator Elizabeth Warren. “I will follow the law, and if this is the law, yes.” Warren confirmed that the law, which was read loudly from the statute (Section 7217), which I sent to him was in advance.
Early controversy
Long, who had a tour in the United States to meet the tax authority employees, last month when he suggested that the tax season would be late in 2026. He told a crowd of 2025 the tax summit in the National Association of Registered Development (Naea) in Salt Lake City, that the deposit season 2026 should start on Presidential Day (February 16). He has long explained that he wanted to open the previous season, but he said that the agency needs more time.
Soon the Tax Authority went to this, and issued a statement to Naea, “Tax Authority Commissioner Billy Long in his second week of” a tour on the ground “in the tax authority facilities with visits last week in Georgia, and this week in Utah.
The following steps
Long is expected to be filtered for an ambassador.
In a statement, a spokesman for the Treasury Ministry confirmed the departure, saying: “The Treasury Commissioner has long been committed to his commitment to the public service and the American people. His enthusiasm and enthusiasm to bring a new perspective of the federal government are clear in both the House of Representatives and as part of the Trump administration. A new candidate for the commissioner will be announced in time.”
The Tax Authority did not immediately respond to a request for suspension.
Reactions
Widan issued a statement on Long’s departure, saying: “From the moment Trump announced that Billy has long been the Tax Authority chooses it, it was clear that this would end badly, but every Senate fans voted to confirm his candidacy anyway. It was not until two months of work.
“Billy Long Congress left a few years ago and went directly to the tax fraud industry, and he is his only real experience in taxes before his nomination. Investigators have obtained worrying information regarding Long’s behavior in the Tax Authority that we started to investigate, and this process will continue regardless of whether Star Trump has long been in some strange meters.”
((The author note: Updated to add comments from Wydeen and Treasury.)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kelleyphillipserb/2025/08/08/billly-long-out-as-IRS-IROMASTIONER-justs-WAFTER-HE-WAS-SWORN-IN/