04/09/2025

Acting IRS Commissioner to Resign After Data-sharing Deal with DOGE

The agency will give DHS tax information on immigrants in the U.S. illegally

The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the third to serve in less than 4 months, is planning to resign following the agency's data sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support the Trump administration's efforts to deport undocumented immigrants, three sources familiar with her plans told ABC News.

Melanie Krause is the third leader of the agency to resign this year; Senate-confirmed Commissioner Danny Werfel resigned from his role on Inauguration Day, less than two years into his five-year term.

One month later, acting commissioner Doug O'Donnell, who spent nearly four decades at the IRS, retired amid concerns about the Trump administration's management of the agency.

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