DOJ Is Urged Not to Dissolve Its Tax Division in Restructuring
The US Department of Justice building in Washington.
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Former US tax officials urged the US Justice Department not to dismantle its tax division in an agency-wide reorganization, warning that such a move would hobble enforcement.
More than 60 lawyers wrote Wednesday in response to a March 25 memo by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that called for a broad reorganization of the department, including reassigning tax lawyers around the country while keeping a “core team of supervisory attorneys” in Washington.