Trump fires IRS commissioner, Bessent named acting head

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August 8, 2025 3:13 PM EDT

A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President Donald Trump with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will temporarily serve as acting commissioner, a White House official and a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The New York Times, which first reported the news, said Long, a former congressman from Missouri, was expected to be nominated for an ambassador post, but did not name the country.

"Secretary Bessent will now serve as acting commissioner of the IRS," the White House official said.

A Treasury spokesperson declined to comment.

Long was sworn in as the 51st Commissioner of the IRS in June, with his term meant to run through November 2027.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal, with additional reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones and Bhargav Acharya in Toronto; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)


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