John,
The Senate Finance Committee just voted to advance Donald Trump’s dangerous nominee for IRS Commissioner, Billy Long—a former congressman whose track record shows he’s not just unqualified, he’s actively hostile to the very agency he’s been tapped to lead.
Now, the full Senate is poised to vote on Long’s nomination.
Long has supported abolishing the IRS entirely, replacing it with a 30% national sales tax that would force working families to pay more while billionaires skate by virtually tax free.[1] Now, Trump wants him to lead the IRS, giving him the power to gut enforcement against wealthy tax cheats and corporations who’ve spent years evading their tax bills.
Under President Biden, IRS performance finally turned a corner. The agency recovered over $1.3 billion from rich tax cheats in just one year,[2] launched Direct File to provide free online tax filing for working people, and began holding corporate giants accountable, auditing $500 billion in profits and slapping Microsoft with a $29 billion tax bill. But if Billy Long takes the helm, all of that progress could be reversed.
Trump and his billionaire donors know exactly what they’re doing. They want to install a loyalist who will protect their wealth and power by dismantling the IRS from within. It’s a blatant attempt to allow the rich to continue cheating the system at your expense.
Billy Long is now just one vote away from seizing control of the IRS. We need to keep the pressure on the Senate before the full chamber casts its vote. Tell your senators to reject Billy Long’s nomination and protect tax fairness.
Billy Long’s nomination is a test of our values. Do we want an IRS that works for all Americans, enforcing laws fairly and improving service, or do we want one that protects billionaires and targets working people?
We’ve already seen what happens when the IRS is starved of funding and misused for political gain. During Trump’s first term, audits of millionaires plummeted by 92% while working-class families faced more scrutiny.[3] The Trump administration even tried to reassign IRS agents to immigration enforcement, sidelining investigations of wealthy tax evaders.
If confirmed, Long would dismantle Direct File, slash enforcement of the wealthy, and let billionaires and large corporations off the hook, all while working families are left to pay the price. The full Senate vote could happen any day now. We must speak out before it’s too late.
Tell the Senate: Stand up for tax fairness. Reject Trump’s IRS nominee.
Thank you for standing with us in this crucial fight.
David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] Trump’s Plan to Turn the IRS Into a Grifter’s Paradise
[2] IRS says it has recovered $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from rich Americans
[3] New Analysis Shows Trump-Era IRS Audited Low-Income Workers at a Higher Rate Than Millionaires
