DOJ backs off from plan to spread its tax division across US
Source: Reuters
DOJ backs off from plan to spread its tax division across US
Sarah N. Lynch and Jody Godoy
Mon, April 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM EDT 1 min read
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has backed away from a plan to break up its Washington-based tax division and send prosecutors to offices throughout the country, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
A new plan would house tax attorneys within the DOJ's civil and criminal divisions, otherwise keeping intact the unit which specializes in enforcing the tax code. The initial plan to send tax attorneys to U.S. attorneys' offices was part of a broader proposed shakeup at the DOJ first reported by Reuters in March.
That plan drew criticism from dozens of former tax officials, including Rod Rosenstein, the second in command at the DOJ during the first Trump administration.
"If the goal is to increase efficiency and our return on investment, eliminating the Tax Division would be an epic failure," the officials wrote, saying that decentralizing the division would risk inconsistent application of tax law.
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