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Acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause resigns in protest over data-sharing agreement with ICE
Acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause announced her resignation on April 8, 2025, the day after Treasury finalized the IRS-ICE data-sharing MOU, citing the agreement as a principal reason for her departure. IRS Chief Privacy Officer Kathleen Walters also resigned in April in protest. Krause, who had been acting commissioner for only six weeks after assuming the role in late February 2025, accepted the agency's deferred resignation offer and was expected to formally depart by May 15. Her exit marked the fourth IRS leadership change in a single year, continuing what Tax Notes described as "unprecedented" turnover in IRS leadership.
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