IRS CEO defiant as Washington asks who's running things
Source: Politico
04/01/2026 04:45 AM EDT
Inside and outside the IRS, people want to know who is really running the agency. IRS CEO Frank Bisignano says it’s the least of his worries.
Named last October to the newly invented role of IRS chief executive officer, Bisignano is instead focusing on what he calls a transformative overhaul using artificial intelligence to reduce staff workloads and taxpayer call times following a year in which the agency lost 25 percent of its workforce and billions in federal funding. But agency staff, union leaders and lawmakers say the former Wall Street executive hasn’t backed up his claims and has instead stifled contracting processes needed to make the changes while serving as an enforcer of White House mandates.
The unusual nature of his role — one that doesn’t exist in federal law — is raising questions about who’s really in charge of the agency as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds the title of acting IRS commissioner. Fueling the scrutiny is the fact that Bisignano also serves as commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
In an interview with POLITICO, Bisignano brushed off these concerns by invoking his time in C-suites at major financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase and Fiserv.
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