Bessent picks Social Security chief Frank Bisignano as IRS CEO

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has appointed Frank Bisignano to be the CEO of the Internal Revenue Service, creating a new position to help run the beleaguered tax agency. 

Bisignano will retain his job running the Social Security Administration while managing the IRS’s day-to-day operations, according to senior administration officials. He will report directly to Bessent, who will remain the formal head of the IRS as acting commissioner. The move lets the administration install a Trump appointee at the IRS quickly without going through the Senate confirmation process.

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