President Donald Trump removed Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Billy Long from his post Friday afternoon after less than two months on the job, according to a senior White House official.

The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, did not state the reason for Long’s dismissal nor specify when he would depart the agency. The president has asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to serve as acting director of the federal bureau. 

Bessent will notably be the president’s sixth IRS lead of his second term. The New York Times was first to report Long’s dismissal. Long is expected to be nominated to an ambassadorship, according to the outlet.

Long is a former auctioneer who served in the House for more than a decade representing Missouri’s 7th Congressional District beginning in 2011. He sponsored legislation to abolish the IRS while serving in Congress.

The Senate confirmed Long to lead the IRS during a party line vote of 53 to 44 on June 12. The president nominated him to serve as the federal bureau’s commissioner in December 2024, stating that the former Missouri congressman “is an extremely hard worker, [and] respected by all.”

Long famously pretended to auction off the national debt during a speech on the House floor in 2011.

The IRS did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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