The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to lay off thousands of employees, possibly next week.
BREAKING: IRS expected to lay off THOUSANDS of employees next week. pic.twitter.com/NeLVzhgOH8
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 14, 2025
The news follows the Trump administration moving to fire thousands of probationary federal workers across multiple agencies.
From The New York Times:
An I.R.S. spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment nor did a spokesman for the Treasury Department.
A sudden drop in the number of employees at the I.R.S. could interfere with the agency’s work to process millions of Americans’ tax returns. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with Bloomberg News last week that the department, which oversees the I.R.S., would limit changes until after tax season ends in the spring.
“So I don’t imagine anything’s going to go on at the I.R.S. until then or beyond,” he said. “We’re in the middle of the tax-filing season right now.”
ADVERTISEMENTThe I.R.S. has dramatically grown its work force in recent years, reaching roughly 100,000 employees, after the Biden administration pushed to revitalize the beleaguered agency. Republicans have long attacked the additional I.R.S. personnel as villains who harass middle-class taxpayers, with President Trump targeting the agency for an extended hiring freeze and pushing to repurpose some of its agents to help with immigration enforcement.
Elon Musk’s team of young software engineers and cost-cutters have also taken an interest in the agency. A member of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, Gavin Kliger, arrived at the I.R.S. headquarters on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.
🚨 #BREAKING: IRS is about to lay off thousands of workers - NYT pic.twitter.com/rQZXyaIq85
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This comes after 𝕏 users OVERWHELMINGLY voted for DOGE to dig into the IRS just days ago.
WE THE PEOPLE are in charge of our government again!
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"The IRS will be looked at like everybody else. Just about everybody will be looked at," President Trump said.
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President Trump confirms the rumors that DOGE will be auditing the IRS for corruption and waste.
"The IRS will be looked at like everybody else. Just about everybody will be looked at. They're doing a helluva job... I call it the force of super geniuses."
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Per Reuters:
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is preparing to fire thousands of workers next week, a move that could squeeze resources at the tax-collecting agency during the critical tax-filing season, a person familiar with the matter said.
Officials from the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees federal hiring, ordered all agencies on Thursday to dismiss their probationary employees, who are newer to their positions and do not enjoy full civil service job protections.
ADVERTISEMENTIt was unclear how many thousands of employees would be fired at the IRS, whose workforce totals about 100,000 people.
"They are trying to reduce numbers across the board with no analysis to the impact it will have on operations," the person familiar with the matter said, expressing concerns the cuts will hamper the agency's ability to weather tax-filing season.
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