Civicslog

Tracking presidential actions and other news.

Action Area: irs

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Trump II Says He’ll Nominate Former Congressman Billy Long to lead the IRS

Date: 2024-12-04

Source: nytimes.com

Type: "news"

Action areas: irs

Human-written

Trump II Says He’ll Nominate Former Congressman Billy Long to lead the IRS. The current IRS Commissioner’s term doesn’t end until 2027, so there’ll be some hoops to get over.

Trump II to Layoff 9,000 IRS Employees

Date: 2025-02-14

Source: archive.ph

Type: news

Action areas: irs staffing

Human-written

Trump II to Layoff 9,000 IRS Employees. It’s tax season. There are about 100k folks working there. 10k came on in the past year.

Trump II IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Political Candidates

Date: 2025-07-08

Source: npr.org

Type: news

Action areas: irs religion

Human-written

Reversing policy that's been in place for decades (since 1954), the IRS says it will allow churches to endorse political candidates from the pulpit, without losing their tax-exempt status. Only one church has lost its exemption due to the rule (known as the Johnson Amendment) and in practice it has been rarely enforced.