Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent recently announced that IRS Chief Operating Officer Melanie Krause will become acting IRS commissioner following the retirement announcement of Doug O’Donnell.
O’Donnell, the IRS deputy commissioner who served as the agency’s acting commissioner since January, plans to retire on Friday, Feb. 28.
“The IRS has been my professional home for 38 years,” O’Donnell said. “I care deeply about the institution and its people and am confident that Melanie will be an outstanding steward of the Service until a new Commissioner is confirmed.”
Before joining the IRS, Krause spent 12 years in the federal oversight community, including the Government Accountability Office and the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General. Learn more.