The Wall Street Journal reports acting IRS commissioner Douglas O’Donnell will announce his retirement this week. He has been in this job for less than a month, following the re

The departure comes as the agency faces the crunch of tax filing season and scrutiny from Elon Musk’s initiative.

Doug O’Donnell, the acting head of the IRS, is expected to announce his retirement on Tuesday amid turbulence at the tax collection agency, according to a person familiar with his plans. His planned departure comes nearly a week after the Trump administration started laying off thousands of agency workers and following a bid by personnel from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to gain access to taxpayer data.

Doug O’Donnell, a 40-year veteran of the I.R.S., was elevated last month after the last commissioner stepped down at the beginning of President Trump’s term.