Bessent Names SSA’s Frank Bisignano CEO of IRS: BGOV Finance

Bessent Names Frank Bisignano CEO of IRS

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named Frank Bisignano, commissioner of the Social Security Administration, to fill the newly formed position of CEO of the IRS, Erin Slowey reports.

Bisignano will report directly to Bessent, who is also the acting IRS commissioner. The new IRS CEO will manage the organization and oversee all day-to-day IRS operations while also continuing to serve in his role as commissioner of the SSA. Bisignano enters the IRS in the midst of government shutdown, as it implements the GOP’s multitrillion tax law, and as it prepares for filing ...