The move could make it easier for the tax agency to share its trove of confidential taxpayer data with others in the government.

The acting chief counsel of the IRS has been removed from his position as Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service seeks access to sensitive taxpayer records, according to people familiar with the matter.

Acting IRS chief counsel Paul is, according to the sources, being demoted from his position and replaced by Andrew De Mello. The sources are reported to have said that Paul was removed because he clashed with DOGE’s alleged push to share tax information with multiple agencies.