IRS Crypto Heads Resign in DOGE-Led Exit Wave
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has lost two of its top crypto experts, Seth Wilks and Raj Mukherjee, who both stepped down from their positions on Friday.
Though officially still employed by the IRS, they are now on paid administrative leave and are expected to leave completely in the coming months. Their departures come as part of a larger effort by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under President Donald Trump’s administration, which offered deferred resignation packages to thousands of federal employees.
Wilks and Mukherjee were both hired in February 2024 to lead the IRS’s Digital Asset Initiative, a major push to improve the agency’s handling of cryptocurrency taxation. Previously, Wilks was a Vice President at…
