In the midst of Congressional consideration of the administration’s FY2026 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (which was ultimately approved on February 3, 2026), a group of U.S. Senators
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Group of U.S. Senators Question Sharp Drop in IRS Investigations of Abusive Tax Schemes
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With a dire warning that “[t]ax shelter promoters are watching,” a group of U.S. Senators is questioning a significant decline in Internal Revenue Service investigations of abusive tax schemes as…
Continue Reading Group of U.S. Senators Question Sharp Drop in IRS Investigations of Abusive Tax SchemesIRS Unveils More Leadership Changes as Tax Filing Season Opens
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After a few months of relative calm at the highest levels of the Internal Revenue Service (following turbulence and high-level executive turnover that marked much of 2025), the tax agency…
Continue Reading IRS Unveils More Leadership Changes as Tax Filing Season OpensIRS Makes Top Leadership Moves While Federal Government Remains Shuttered
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As the federal government shutdown passes the two-week mark, and as thousands of Internal Revenue Service employees face furloughs and/or firings, the tax agency has announced a series of significant…
Continue Reading IRS Makes Top Leadership Moves While Federal Government Remains ShutteredIRS Leadership Turmoil Intensifies as Commissioner Billy Long Is Removed After Just Two Months
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On August 8, President Donald Trump abruptly removed Billy Long from his position as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, making Long’s tenure the shortest for a Senate-confirmed commissioner in the tax…
Continue Reading IRS Leadership Turmoil Intensifies as Commissioner Billy Long Is Removed After Just Two MonthsIRS Leadership Turmoil Continues With Appointment of Yet Another Acting Chief Counsel While Chief of Appeals Announces Retirement
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The Internal Revenue Service continues to experience significant leadership transition during a period of ongoing internal upheaval and uncertainty. The latest developments are the appointment of Kenneth Kies as the…
Continue Reading IRS Leadership Turmoil Continues With Appointment of Yet Another Acting Chief Counsel While Chief of Appeals Announces RetirementBilly Long Sworn in as 51st IRS Commissioner
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Former member of Congress and professional auctioneer Billy Long has been formally sworn in as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Following lengthy delays during his nomination process, Long was…
Continue Reading Billy Long Sworn in as 51st IRS CommissionerThreat to Harvard’s Tax Status Reaches All Nonprofits – A Bloomberg Daily Tax Report Column
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Fox Rothschild partners Brian Bernhardt and Adam Young authored an article in Bloomberg’s Daily Tax Report examining both the ancillary threats to all nonprofits as a result of the Administration’s…
Continue Reading Threat to Harvard’s Tax Status Reaches All Nonprofits – A Bloomberg Daily Tax Report ColumnPresident Names Yet Another Acting IRS Commissioner
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Turmoil continues to roil the highest ranks of the Internal Revenue Service, as the President has replaced the acting IRS Commissioner that he appointed just last week. As we previously…
Continue Reading President Names Yet Another Acting IRS CommissionerOn Tax Day, President Names New IRS Chief
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Yesterday, while millions of Americans were busy finalizing their tax returns, the President named a former IRS criminal investigator as the tax agency’s new leader. Gary Shapley, a former IRS…
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