The acting commissioner of the IRS was fired Friday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly complained to President Donald Trump that DOGE cost-cutter in chief Elon Musk did not ask for approval to name Gary Shapley as the agency’s leader.

Gary Shapley, whom President Donald Trump named acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service earlier this week with the support of Elon Musk, will no longer serve in the role, sources told CNN — a win for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s office,

Gary Shapley, the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, is being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent approached Trump to say that Shapley was placed into the agency without his knowledge and at Elon Musk’s direction,

President Donald Trump replaced the acting commissioner of the IRS, Gary Shapley, on Friday at the request of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to a NBC News source familiar with the discussions.