IRS Head, Privacy Chief to Quit After Immigration Data Deal (1)

The acting IRS commissioner and the agency’s privacy chief are leaving their posts on the heels of a clash over a data-sharing agreement that helps the Trump administration’s immigration effort, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Melanie Krause, the acting commissioner, and Kathleen Walters, the chief privacy officer, will take the deferred resignation offer, which was revived again after being offered earlier this year. The deal allows for employees to be on paid administrative leave through Sept. 30. Employees that take the offer will be offboarded as soon as April 28.

Chief Financial Officer Teresa Hunter and Mike ...