The Trump administration has found its seventh leader for the Internal Revenue Service since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term: the head of the Social Security Administration.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that Frank Bisignano, the Social Security commissioner, will also serve as the IRS’s “chief executive officer,” a role that does not formally exist at the tax agency. The move sidesteps a potentially lengthy Senate confirmation process to fill a leadership vacuum at IRS as it prepares for filing season and tries to integrate massive changes to tax law from Trump and the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill.