The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service and other top officials are quitting the tax-collecting agency after it struck a deal this week to share data with federal agents on migrants living illegally in the United States.

Melanie Krause is taking the government’s deferred resignation offer after the tax and immigration enforcement agencies reached a controversial information-sharing pact.

The Internal Revenue Service will give taxpayer data about immigrants to US authorities conducting criminal investigations, saying it will support President Donald Trump’s pledge to deport people illegally in the US.

Several IRS officials are stepping down after the tax agency is forced to share protected taxpayer records to further Trump's deportation drive

Before becoming acting commissioner on Feb 28, Krause served as the chief operations officer of the IRS. Krause prepares to exit the IRS by April 28, following the tax-filing deadline. “Melanie Krause has been leading the IRS through a time of extraordinary change.

The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is planning to resign following the agency's data-sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to support the Trump administration's efforts to deport undocumented immigrants,

And you guys should all be very grateful that we have the most transparent administration in history.” IRS resignation: The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service is stepping down, according to three people familiar with the matter,

Melanie Krause, the acting commissioner of the IRS, is resigning over a new deal that will share the tax data of immigrants with U.S. immigration agents.

Melanie Krause, who had served as acting head since February, will step down over the new data-sharing document signed Monday.