Acting IRS Chief Quits After Resisting the Sharing of Immigrant Tax Data

Acting IRS commissioner Melanie Krause is leaving her position after the tax agency reached an agreement to share immigrant tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Danielle Chemtob reported for Forbes Daily.

Krause is the fourth commissioner or acting commissioner to leave the agency in less than 80 days, a record of sorts, as the average tenure is a world-shattering 20 days.

Conversations Forbes has had with existing IRS employees suggest they would rather leave their positions than serve in immigration-related roles under the current administration—and Krause seems to have taken a similar stance.

She is the fourth commissioner or acting commissioner to leave the agency in less than 80 days, a record of sorts, as the average tenure is a world-shattering 20 days.