Biden’s IRS Chief Counsel Pick Faces Senate Finance Next Week

President Joe Biden’s pick to be the Internal Revenue Service’s top legal adviser will appear before the Senate Finance Committee next Thursday, moving her closer to filling a key role in helping implement pieces of last year’s tax-and-climate law, a Friday committee notice read.

IRS Chief Counsel nominee Marjorie Rollinson, who worked for Ernst & Young LLP for nearly three decades and previously spent time in the chief counsel’s office, was nominated for the role in June. If confirmed, Rollinson would take over the office tasked with providing legal advice to the IRS.

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