IRS Chief Information Officer to Depart Agency After Two Years

IRS Chief Information Officer Rajiv Uppal will depart the agency after two years and take the deferred resignation offer, according to an email seen by Bloomberg Tax.

Uppal, who will leave April 28, will be succeeded by Kaschit Pandya, current chief technology officer. Pandya will serve as acting CIO overseeing technology at the agency while senior leadership finalizes longer term plans for the job, the email said.

The Trump administration re-opened its deferred resignation offer, a deal that allows for employees to be on paid administrative leave through Sept. 30, giving another incentive for workers to leave and help its effort to shrink the federal workforce. Employees that take the offer will be offboarded as soon as April 28.

• “It’s been an honor to serve as your Chief Information Officer for two filing seasons, and I’m tremendously proud of the work we’ve done together to modernize how we deliver, support mission outcomes and navigate change,” the email said.
• The decision to take the deferred resignation offer aligns with moves of other senior leaders reported last week.
• Uppal joined the IRS in early 2024 after previously serving as the director of the Office of Information Technology and chief information officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.