What Happened to the DOJ Tax Division? Understanding the Restructuring of Federal Tax Litigation

For nearly 90 years, the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division was the federal government's centralized arm for tax litigation. It represented the United States in tax cases nationwide, prosecuted federal tax crimes alongside U.S. Attorneys' Offices, and built decades of institutional knowledge about how complex tax cases get litigated in federal court. Then it was dissolved. For taxpayers, tax professionals, and anyone trying to understand who now handles federal tax cases on the government's side, the restructuring has created confusion. This article explains what the Tax Division was, why its elimination matters, where its functions went, and what the...