The name of the IRS logo in the conference room on the IRS campus in Austin, Texas, USA on Friday, September 6, 2024.
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According to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, the IRS will see thousands of trial workers during the tax season and cuts may occur next week.
This is the Trump administration Strengthened comprehensive efforts Reduce the federal workforce and order agencies to lay off almost all employees who have not yet obtained civil servant protection.
It is not clear how many IRS workers are affected.
Earlier, the government announced a plan to provide acquisitions to all federal employees through the “Deferred Resignation Program” to rapidly reduce the government’s labor force. The program’s deadline is February 6, and government officials said accepting employees will be able to stop working while still being paid until September 30.
However, IRS employees participating in the 2025 tax season were told they would not be allowed to accept the Trump administration’s acquisition offer until the taxpayer filing deadline.
It is unclear how many workers the layoff announcement will affect. Representatives from the U.S. Treasury and the IRS did not respond to the Associated Press request for comment.
January 27 is the official start date of the 2025 tax season, and the IRS is expected to file more than 140 million tax returns by the April 15 deadline. The Biden administration has invested heavily in the IRS by injecting $80 billion into the Democratic Inflation Reduction Act, which includes plans to hire thousands of new employees to help customer service and law enforcement and update taxes. New technology collection agency.
Republicans have successfully got the money back, billionaire Elon Musk His government’s Department of Efficiency calls on the U.S. to “remove the entire agency” from the federal government as part of his fundamentally cutting spending and reorganizing priorities.
The elected officials are trying to fight the threshold plan. Attorneys from 14 states challenged the power to access sensitive government data and exercise “almost uncontrolled powers” in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
The lawsuit, filed in the federal court in Washington, said Musk’s lawsuit at the helm can only be taken by officials nominated and confirmed by the Senate. It cites constitutional provisions to describe the powers of Congress and the president.
