Trump's Pick to Lead I.R.S. Promoted a Nonexistent Tax Credit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Bloomberg Tax first revealed White River's business practices.
55% : " Mr. Long worked with a Wisconsin-based company, Lifetime Advisors, which completed applications for the employee retention tax credit.
54% : The firm has said it joined with an unnamed tribal entity to sell "tribal tax credits" to people who wanted to claim the supposed credits and reduce their tax bill.
54% : "We can confirm that these tax credits do not exist," the agency wrote in March.
53% : That history has inflamed concerns that tax enforcement could decline steeply if he takes the helm.
49% : Mr. Long's time pitching tax breaks puts him on the other side of I.R.S. efforts to clamp down on what it warned could be abusive practices.
49% : Trump Administration: Live Updates Updated May 19, 2025, 9:57 p.m. ETMay 19, 2025 The Senate advances a crypto regulation bill with bipartisan support.
48% : Industry Support Senate Democrats, as well as some tax professionals, have raised concerns that Mr. Long could use his position to protect and advance companies that promoted the employee retention tax credit and the so-called tribal tax credit.
46% : In a podcast interview in 2023, Mr. Long said that certified accountants often doubted his ability to generate large tax refunds.
45% : The Justice Dept. charges a congresswoman with assaulting federal agents at a Newark detention center.
27% : Billy Long, a former Republican congressman from Missouri whom President Trump has tapped to lead the Internal Revenue Service, encouraged people to claim a tax credit that the I.R.S. has said does not exist, according to the company that offered the tax break.
24% : Trump demands an inquiry into Harris's campaign payments to Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen.

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