IRS Commissioner nominee Danny Werfel is slated to have his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, facing questions from the Finance Committee at a key time for the agency.
Werfel was nominated by President Joe Biden in November to succeed former IRS commissioner Chuck Rettig, whose term expired. Werfel is best known in the tax world for having served as acting IRS commissioner in 2013, when the agency was under fire for how it handled applications for tax-exempt status.
If confirmed, Werfel would step into the job where he will run and defend the agency as it seeks to recover from ...