President Obama said on Thursday that he was naming a trusted White House budget official, Daniel Werfel, to serve as his new acting IRS commissioner.The appointment of Werfel comes as a second top IRS official announced on Thursday that he was stepping down from the agency in the aftermath of revelations that the agency had targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency's tax exempt and government entities division, will retire on June 3, according to an IRS statement. Grant joined the IRS in August 2005 and became the deputy commissioner of the tax exempt division in 2007. He became the second senior IRS official in as many days to offer his resignation.
Grant had only be elevated to the position of commissioner of the division last week--two days before the agency confirmed the targeting of Tea Party groups and conservative organizations applying for tax exempt status.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/16/obama-new-irs-commisioner/2165901/
Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency's tax exempt and government entities division, will retire on June 3, according to an IRS statement. Grant joined the IRS in August 2005 and became the deputy commissioner of the tax exempt division in 2007. He became the second senior IRS official in as many days to offer his resignation.
Grant had only be elevated to the position of commissioner of the division last week--two days before the agency confirmed the targeting of Tea Party groups and conservative organizations applying for tax exempt status.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/16/obama-new-irs-commisioner/2165901/