Trish Turner resigned as head of the United States Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Digital Assets Division after nearly three months on paper.
“After more than 20 years with the IRS, I closed an extraordinary chapter of my career with a deep appreciation of those who shaped my journey and made the work meaningful,” Turner Says In a LinkedIn post on Friday.
“Also, we have navigted complex challenges, developed long -term programs, and laid the basis for approach to the IRS digital asset as it moved from niche to the mainstream,” Turner added.
Turner has been reported moving to the private sector
Turner did not say in his post where he would go next, but explained that it seemed like “to continue this mission from a new vantage point and the development of bridges between industry and regulators.”
Bloomberg tax reported On Friday that Turner said in an interview that he would be the tax firm director of the Crypto Tax Girl Crypto Tax Girl. On the same day, Crypto Tax Girl founder Laura Walter said in a LinkedIn post that Turner will join the firm.
“With all the big tax changes and following the changes in the end, we are excited to ride Trish to help advise our clients,” Walter Says.
Turner’s resignation is over Three months after he was able To rule the division of the digital asset in May, after the Sulolit “Raj” Mukherjee and Seth Wilks, two private experts brought to lead the IRS crypto unit, which came out after about one year in their duties.
Economist Timothy Peterson commented on the announcement, saying“Trish Turner left the dark side to become a crypto Jedi Knight.”
Crypto tax has become a major focus on the US
This follows the Department of Government Department’s proposal in March to cute the IRS Workforce of 20% And there are many recent development around US crypto taxation.
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On July 11, Cointelegraph reported that the House Committee on Ways and Means and Oversight Subcomm Committee Leadership said They schedule a hearing in July to focus on “steps proving it is necessary to put a tax policy outline on digital ownership.”
A few days before, on July 4, the US Treasury Inspector General for tax Administration recommends reforms on the handling of the IRS Criminal Investigation Division of digital assets, citing repeated failures to follow the established protocols.
Meanwhile, on April 11, we President Donald Trump signed A joint resolution of Congress who revoked a rule during biden administration that will require decentralized finance (defi) decentralized protocols to report IRS transactions.
Cointelegraph handed Trish Turner to comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
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