The U.S. Senate last week confirmed the Trump Administration’s new IRS Commissioner, for U.S. Rep. Billy Long. Unfortunately nothing in Long’s record suggests he’s up to the task of rebuilding the IRS’s credibility with the American public.
The IRS has lost its way and needs a major rebuild. I’ve been a tax professional for more than 35 years and the performance of the IRS has fallen through the floor. And Commissioner Long, a 69 year-old, six term ex-Congressman from Missouri, is a former auctioneer with no accounting or tax training and no experience managing or turning around a large organization.
