Forced out by new White House chief of staff John Kelly and facing divorce from his wife Diedre, axed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci now has to settle up with the IRS after his brief flameout in Washington.

Scaramucci served as White House communications director for just 10 days in a spectacular tenure that included a call to hunt down leakers and a his recorded complaints to a reporter about getting 'c*** blocked' by former chief of staff Reince Priebus.

Scaramucci had been so eager to join the Trump administration that he engineered the sale of his company, SkyBridge Capital, to a Chinese firm, this year.

He was set to be the beneficiary of a government program that allows people who sell assets to join the White House to defer taxation.

Ex-White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is on the hook for a tax bill that could hit $16 million due to his failure to stay on the White House payroll after selling his company

The idea is to allow capable people in the private sector to avoid penalties for joining the government. Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson reportedly saved $200 million when he sold his Goldman Sachs holdings to join the Bush administration to obtain a certificate of divestiture, MarketWatch reported at the time.

In Scaramucci's case, he was to avoid paying capital gains on the roughy $80 million sale of his stake in SkyBridge. The savings would have been $16 million at the 20 per cent rate, the New York Post reported.

But the rules require him to take a White House job within 60 days ad hold it for at least two pay periods.

Scaramucci had yet to formally start his role as communications director, although he gave numerous TV interviews and spoke from the White House briefing room the day is hiring was announced.

Scaramucci's brief tenure included a profane tirade about getting 'c*** blocked, but now he is on the hook for capital gains after selling his company

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin calls on a reporter as he is asked questions about Venezuela during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017. The feds will come after Scaramucci for capital gains taxes for the sale of his firm now that he hasn't joined the White House

Anthony Scaramucci dines at the Trump Hotel restaurant, DC.(to his right, Katrina Pierson, Trump loyalist and CNN contributor).Monday 31st July 2017 on the day he was out as White House communications director

President Trump could still bail out Scaramucci by getting him another job on the payroll. He is pictured at Trump's hotel the morning after he was forced out of his position

Scaramucci held a position at the Export Import Bank but was on leave.

“The rumor is Trump feels bad and is going to give Anthony a job as ambassador to The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),” a source told the Post, which would allow hi to get his tax deferment.

To cap off Scaramucci's tumultuous week, news broke late on Friday that his wife Deidre (pictured on Monday) had filed for divorce while she was eight months pregnant

This photo was taken on board Air Force One at the same time Scaramucci's wife gave birth to their second son

Scaramucci turned on journalist Ryan Lizza, saying he 'made a mistake in trusting a reporter'

If Scaramucci is sore at the president for cutting him loose, he isn't showing it. The night he got pushed out, he dined at Trump's luxury hotel in D.C., where he stayed over night. He dined at BLT Prime steak house, and was pictured by DailyMail.com with Trump loyalist Katrina Pierson and a member of the White House communications staff.

His financial disclosure valued SkyBridge at more than $50 million and stated he owned a 44 per cent state, Politico reported before Scaramucci got axed. Bloomberg valued the deal at $200 million to $230 million.

To cap off Scaramucci's tumultuous week last week, news broke late on Friday that his wife Deidre had filed for divorce while she was eight months pregnant