WASHINGTON, D.C. — The IRS will fire thousands of probation workers midway through the tax season, with cuts likely to occur soon next week, according to two sources familiar with the agency's plans.
This intensifies the Trump administration's drastic efforts to reduce the size of its federal workforce by ordering agencies to fire almost all probation employees who have not yet obtained civil service protection. That's when it did.
It is unclear how many IRS workers will be affected.
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Previously, the administration announced plans to provide shopping to almost all federal employees through a “deferred resignation program” to quickly reduce the government's workforce. The program's deadline is February 6th, and administrative officials said employees who accept it can quit their jobs, whilst collecting wages until September 30th.
However, a letter sent recently to IRS employees said IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season would not accept an offer of acquisition from the Trump administration until after the taxpayer deadline. was told not to be allowed.
The number of workers affected by the plan to announce the layoffs is unknown. Representatives from the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS did not respond to Associated Press' requests for comment.
January 27th is the official start date for the 2025 tax season, and the IRS expects more than 140 million tax returns to be filed by the April 15 deadline. The Biden administration has invested heavily in the IRS through an infusion of $80 billion in the Democratic Inflation Reduction Act. Agent.
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