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Rep. Billy Long is pictured at the House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting to organize for the 115th Congress on January 24, 2017.U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Internal Revenue Service, former Rep. Billy Long, didn’t serve on the House committee tasked with writing tax policy during his six terms in office, and his lack of relevant experience is likely “exactly what Trump was looking for,” according to one economic justice advocate.
He has worked to help businesses claim the credit from the IRS, but fraudulent and improper claims have so permeated the program that the IRS stopped processing new claims temporarily. The U.S. House passed a bill to entirely halt ERTC claims, but it has been stalled in the Senate. “Replacing Commissioner Werfel with over three years remaining in his term is a terrible mistake,” said Rep. Don Beyer . “He has done an excellent job rebuilding the IRS, boosting customer service, and enhancing enforcement aimed at wealthy tax evaders. Removing him will clearly signal Trump’s intention to make the agency less responsive to the American people, while giving a green light to wealthy tax cheats to evade their fair share of the tax burden.
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