Filings show IRS nominee Billy Long’s tax credit ties

IRS Commissioner Pick’s Tax Credit Ties

Billy Long, the former Missouri lawmaker President Donald Trump nominated to lead the IRS, spelled out in newly released ethics disclosures his ties to and income earned from firms promoting the employee retention tax credit and tribal tax credits.

The disclosures show Long earned nearly $250,000 for referral and consulting fees related to the pandemic-era employee credit, a program beset with fraudulent claims leading to a processing backup at the IRS. Separately, Long disclosed earning at least $5,000 from White River Energy, a firm that sold sovereign tribal tax credits that the Treasury Department ...