The acting commissioner of the IRS is departing the agency, officials said hours after it reached an agreement with Homeland Security officials to share data on illegal immigrants.
Acting Commissioner Melanie Krause will no longer be with the IRS, a spokesperson for the Treasury Department, the parent agency of the IRS, said.
“Melanie Krause has been leading the IRS through a time of extraordinary change,” the spokesperson told news outlets in a statement. “We wish Melanie well on her next endeavor,” the spokesperson added later.
The spokesperson also said, “As we focus on IT modernization and re-organize the agency to better serve the taxpayer, we are also in the midst of breaking down data silos that for too long have stood in the way of identifying waste, fraud, and abuse and bringing criminals to justice.”…