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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday picked former congressman Billy Long to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service tax body. Trump cited Long's previous experience in real estate and as a business and tax advisor in a post on social-media site Truth Social,

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.

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.

The move would effectively fire the current I.R.S. commissioner, whose term was set to last to 2027, and shake up an agency that the Biden administration has been spending billions to beef up.

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

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.

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.