Washington – President Donald Trump removed the former US representative. its confirmationThe White House official said on Friday.
It was not clear why Long was rejected. His quick exit makes him the shortest IRS Commissioner confirmed by the Senate since the position was created in 1862.
Long said in a post on social media that Trump nominated him to the ambassador.
“It is an honor to serve my friend President Trump and I am glad that I can take my new role as an ambassador in Iceland. I am excited that I can answer his call to service and deeply involved in the development of his bold program. Exciting times!” The former congressmen from Missouri wrote on X.
According to the White House official, who was not authorized to public speech, the secretary of the treasury Scott Bessent will act as the IRS commissioner, who was not authorized to speak public and speech.
Only Ouster Long Turbulence at the national tax collector, who has been harassed by Trump from the beginning of the second term. IRS sailed through four acting leaders was soon confirmed in June and lost a quarter of its employees since the government efficiency department buried himself in an independent mission to reduce waste, fraud and abuse.
In a message to IRS employees after he was confirmed, Long spoke about his plans for the first few months of office, a milestone that he did not arrive.
“In the first 90 days I plan to ask you, my employees’ partners to help me develop a new culture here” He wrote for a long time. “I am great in culture and I want to develop one that makes your life and life of taxpayers better.”
In many respects he was an amazing choice of this role. During his stay in the Congress, where he served in 2011–2023, long sponsored regulations regarding getting rid of IRS. Former auctionor, he has not had tax experience for a long time.
The Senate for a long time confirmed voting 53-44, despite the fears of Democrats about the previous work of Republicans for a company that played the tax relief of Coronvirus in the Coronvirus era and about the contributions of the campaign, which he received after Trump’s nominating it.
After leaving the Congress to an unsuccessful offer in 2022 for the US Senate, she has long cooperated with a company that disseminated tax relief for employees from the time of Pandemic. This tax relief program was finally closed to the then IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel He determined that he was fraudulent.
Democrats called for a criminal investigation In Long connections with other alleged tax gaps. Legislators claim that companies related to long -term investors spent millions of dollars to buy false tax breaks.
The duties of IEADers who preceded a long role is the one who gave up the contract between IRS and the Internal Security Department Share immigrant tax data Along with the immigration and enforcement of the Customs Service and the other, whose nomination led to the fight between the former adviser of Trump Elon Musk and Bessent.
Long’s departure will take place after the agency has undergone a series of cuts of jobs this year. General Tax Inspector for Tax Administration reports that the agency In May 2025, it was reduced from 103,000 employees to 77,000 employees. Most of the reduction came from the Doge resignation program. Reductions of the working force were part of the efforts of the Trump administration reduce the size of federal bureaucracy.
