The Tax Division is no more (except as its residue now resides in the DOJ Civil and Criminal Sections). See Francesca Ugolini, A Eulogy for the Tax Division, (Tax Notes 9/23/25), here; and Nathan Richman, Dismantling of Justice Department’s Tax Division Has Resumed (Tax Notes 9/26.25), here.
1. The main Tax Division web site has been taken down and now appears as an archive page here.
2. It is unclear how the organizational structures of the Civil and Criminal Divisions will change with the incorporation of the Tax Division functions. As of this posting, the web pages for the Civil and Criminal Divisions do not indicate anything about the reorganization.
3. I suspect that the line attorneys doing the litigation work will continue as before with no substantial disruption of their work.
4. There will have to be conforming changes to the Justice Manual and the Criminal Tax Manual. Similarly, there will have to be changes to the IRS’s IRM and other publications referring to the Tax Division. I presume that conforming changes will take some time and may occur piecemeal.
5. The Wikipedia Page, here, says it was last edited on August 17, 2025, but does not mention the reorganization and the information on the page is substantially out of date (e.g., the Division Executive is said to be David A. Hubbert, Acting Assistant Attorney General, who left that role in January 2025). See Deputy AAG Tax Hubbert Removed and Reassigned to Sanctuary City Program (Whatever That Is) (DOJ Tax Division Alumni Blog 2/7/25; 2/11/25), here.
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