IRS CEO to Face House Panel as Tax Season Ramps Up: Explained

IRS CEO Frank Bisignano will be in the hot seat Wednesday on Capitol Hill for the first time since taking over a newly created role at the agency.

Bisignano, who is also the commissioner of the Social Security Administration, entered during one of the most turbulent periods the IRS has seen in decades. Pressure from the Trump administration shrank the 100,000-employee workforce by a quarter, Congress clawed back funding, and seven commissioners have come and gone in a year.

The mid-filing season House Ways and Means Committee hearing typically features the commissioner, but Bisignano has taken over many of those ...