New ethics filings reveal connections between IRS commissioner-pick Billy Long and companies promoting a pandemic-era credit associated with fraud and tribal tax credits the Treasury Department has said is not authorized by law or regulation.
President Donald Trump late last year tapped the former House Republican from Missouri to lead the tax collection agency. Long disclosed that he earned $247,397 in income for referral and consulting fees related to a fraud-plagued pandemic-era credit, and he earned income from a company selling tax credits Treasury says don’t exist, ethics filings show.
Long already faced criticism from Senate Finance Committee ...