Treasury Secretary Bessent will serve as acting commissioner. Long has been nominated for U.S. ambassador to Iceland.
IRS commissioner nominee Billy Long testifies during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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President Donald Trump is replacing Billy Long as commissioner of the IRS less than two months after his confirmation, a White House official confirmed to The Epoch Times.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as acting commissioner.
Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of “The War on Cash.”
