The move could make it easier for the tax agency to share its trove of confidential taxpayer data with others in the government.

William Paul, a civil servant who became the acting chief counsel at the I.R.S. in January, is expected to be replaced by Andrew De Mello, the people said. In his first term, President Trump nominated ...

Acting chief counsel William Paul has been reportedly demoted because he refused to cooperate with Elon Musk’s Department of ...

Acting IRS chief counsel William Paul is set to be demoted to his previous role, and replaced by Andrew De Mello, another IRS ...

has been removed from his role at the agency and replaced by Andrew De Mello, an attorney in the chief counsel’s office who ...

The Trump administration has demoted its top Internal Revenue Service lawyer and replaced him after the Department of Government Efficiency received pushback while trying to obtain confidential ...

The people said Paul was demoted from his position because he clashed with the DOGE's alleged push to share tax information with multiple agencies. The news also comes as the IRS plans to institute ...

A recent lawsuit suggests that IRS leaders who refuse to hand over taxpayer information to the Trump administration are being moved out.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service’s acting chief counsel, William Paul, has been removed from his role at the agency and replaced by Andrew De Mello, an attorney in the chief ...