Bloomberg Tax: Warren Presses Bessent to Remove Himself From IRS Worker Moves

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s maneuvers to avoid higher tax bills are grounds for recusal from hiring and layoff decisions at the IRS, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote in a new letter to Bessent.

The letter sent Wednesday, obtained by Bloomberg Tax, argues that Bessent should recuse himself from workforce decisions, and pay the extra tax to offset the legal method he used that allowed him to make lower contributions to Medicare and state jurisdictions.

“I ask that you take steps to pay back the taxes that you owe to the American public and recuse yourself from any decisions regarding the hiring freeze and layoffs at the IRS,” she wrote.

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