Billy Long served six terms as a representative from Missouri. Since then, he has helped businesses claim a pandemic-era tax credit that has been riddled with fraud and cost the government billions more than anticipated.

President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate Billy Long to lead the IRS, effectively pledging to fire the tax collector’s current leader, a Biden appointee.

Long, a long-time auctioneer who served as the 7th District representative in the U.S. House until 2022, was an early and vocal Trump supporter.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday picked former congressman Billy Long to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service tax body.

President-elect Donald Trump said he is selecting former US Representative Billy Long to serve as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, enlisting a Republican who served in Congress for an incoming administration aiming to renew and expand a broad package of tax cuts.

( The Hill) — President-elect Trump said he would nominate former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) to serve as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a Wednesday post on Truth Social.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social Wednesday that he is nominating former Missouri Rep. Billy Long of Springfield to become the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Long, a Missouri Republican, would replace Danny Werfel before his term ends in 2027.

Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long has been picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.

President-elect Trump announced Wednesday he is nominating former Sen. Kelly Loeffler and former Rep. Billy Long to head the Small Business Administration and IRS, respectively.

Mo., who retired after losing a 2022 Senate bid, got the nod from President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to be his nominee for IRS commissioner. Long served for six terms in the House and left Congress after placing a distant fourth in the GOP primary to succeed retiring Sen.