WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted to confirm management consultant Danny Werfel as the new Internal Revenue Service commissioner on Thursday, returning the former Obama administration budget official to the tax agency he briefly led on an acting basis.
Some Republicans crossed party lines to support President Joe Biden’s nominee. Werfel, who previously led Boston Consulting Group’s public sector practice, is charged with leading a massive transformation of the IRS, with $80 billion in new funding approved last year to boost collections of unpaid taxes, modernize technology and improve taxpayer services.
(Reporting by David Lawder)
