Trump Replacing Head of IRS

[longknife]

About damned time! And, if he has to get Senate confirmation, let’s watch how long it takes.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, long controversial among Republicans for his slow response to investigating the IRS targeting scandal, will be replaced by Treasury Department tax official David Kautter, who was appointed by the president as acting commissioner Thursday.

According to Fox News, Kautter will replace Koskinen when the IRS commissioner’s term expires on Nov. 13.

And, let’s see what, if anything, happens to Lois Lerner.

More @ Trump Replacing Head of IRS, Tea Party Groups Finally Get Some Justice

 

[longknife]

John Koskinen Is FINALLY Out As Head Of The IRS

The smug Democrat lawyer who essentially told conservatives “F You” multiple times in congressional hearings about the Lois Lerner/IRS persecution of Tea Party and other right-leaning organizations is at long last going to be off the public dime. When Koskinen’s term is up next month he’s gone.

Read more: http://thehayride.com/2017/10/john-koskinen-finally-head-irs/#ixzz4wnnm4ZPv

 

[ScreamingEagle]

Finally getting that little weasel out of there...

 

[MACAULAY]

He should have been in jail a year ago....and Lois Lerner should have been there two years ago.

Drain the Swamp.

 

[GordonGecko]

Trump moving to hide his tax returns. He didn’t pay taxes.

 

[Care4all]

according to Forbes, his choice is wrong...

Kautter Is The Wrong Choice As Acting IRS Commissioner

President Trump has named Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy David Kautter as acting commissioner of the IRS. He’d serve in both posts until a new commissioner is named. It is a terrible idea.


This is no criticism of Kautter, who has a strong resume as tax policy expert with years on Capitol Hill and as a tax practitioner. But choosing him to temporarily replace retiring IRS Commissioner John Koskinen while keeping his Treasury post is a mistake. He might be able to do either job well but he can’t do both.

Here are four reasons why:

Capacity. You may have noticed that Treasury is in the midst of an effort to write a major tax bill. The assistant secretary for tax policy should be playing a key role in that initiative, working with Congress to draft legislation and advocating for Administration priorities. And for many months, it will be a more than a full-time job. Yet Kautter is being asked to do that and run the IRS, another highly challenging post. If a tax bill slips into next year, a highly-probable result, and Trump can’t get a permanent commissioner confirmed, Kautter would have to both shepherd a major tax cut and manage a tax filing season. It is impossible to do both well.



Contrasting roles. The IRS Commissioner and the assistant secretary serve very different functions. The Commissioner is charged with administering the tax law as it is. The assistant secretary’s job is to determine what the law should be. These two perspectives can create a healthy tension that results in better law. But for the roles to complement one another, they should be fully independent.

The IRS needs a permanent commissioner. The agency faces enormous challenges. Its staff morale is poor, its technology is lagging, it faces near-constant political criticism, and it is desperately short of money. Trump has been talking about replacing Koskinen since long before election day and it is no surprise that the post will be vacant when Koskinen’s term expires in three weeks. Yet the White House is unprepared to name a replacement.