IRS acting head ousted after US Treasury chief wins power struggle with Musk, NYT reports

Reuters - 18/04
The acting commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Donald Trump that the latest leader of the agency had been installed without his knowledge and at the behest of billionaire Elon Musk, the New York Times reported on Friday.
WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - The acting commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Donald Trump that the latest leader of the agency had been installed without his knowledge and at the behest of billionaire Elon Musk, the New York Times reported, opens new tab on Friday.
The report cited five people with knowledge of the change and the discussions that precipitated it.

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Bessent believed that Musk had done an end run around him to get Gary Shapley installed as the interim head of the IRS, even though the tax collection agency ...
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