Trump's IRS Nominee to Face Questions on Management Experience
- Charles Rettig helped wealthy taxpayers fight the agency
- Tax lawyer to testify at Senate confirmation hearing Thursday
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President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service, Charles Rettig, has spent decades helping wealthy and famous people fight the agency’s efforts to collect taxes.
At a Thursday confirmation hearing, the criminal tax lawyer from Beverly Hills, California, will face questions from lawmakers about whether he’s qualified to run the IRS. Democrats will question whether he has the management skills to run an agency struggling to implement the biggest tax overhaul in a generation.