Overview

• Trish Turner stepped down from leading the IRS digital assets unit roughly three months after taking the post, announcing her exit on Friday after more than two decades at the agency.
• She will become tax director at CryptoTaxGirl and will also do work with UK-based Asset Reality, according to her statement and the firm’s confirmation.
• Her departure comes as the IRS prepares 1099-DA reporting that brokers plan to send to millions of investors early next year, a change expected to drive a sharp rise in crypto tax disclosures.
• The crypto office has faced continued leadership turnover, following earlier exits of senior figures Seth Wilks and Sulolit “Raj” Mukherjee.
• Agency capacity remains strained by long-term staffing declines and proposed cuts, raising questions about implementation and enforcement as policy gaps persist after Congress overturned a DeFi-broker rule in April.