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The IRS outlines plans to cut up to 40% of the workforce as tax return season ends
By the end of these cuts, the IRS is expected to shrink from around 102,000 to around 60,000 employees.
Jolly Heckman
The IRS plans to cut up to 40% of its workforce after closing this year’s tax return season.
An internal memo obtained by the federal news network says the IRS will begin sending bi-weekly reductions (RIF) notifications starting this week.
By the end of these workforce reduction efforts, the IRS will have around 60,000 and 70,000 employees from the initial workforce of 102,000 employees.
The IRS implements RIF in two phases, targeting more severe reductions in certain offices. The memo states that “taxpayer services and compliance should be trimmed.”
According to the memo, the IRS Taxpayer Experience Office, the Transformation Strategy Office, the Online Services Office and the Civil Rights Office will experience “high” levels of staffing reductions in the first phase of RIF.
These same offices are “integrated” in the second phase of workforce reduction.
The IRS plans to “assess the impact on operations after phase 1,” moving on to phase 2 of the workforce reduction in August. The memo says the IRS career executive will pass an “additional RIF” between phases 1 and 2.
The memo also states that the agency’s taxpayer services and compliance department will undergo a “high” level of workforce reduction with the second phase of reduction.
Bloomberg tax was first reported on Tuesday Approximately 20,000 IRS employees have received the Treasury’s second “deferred resignation.”
This is an developing story and will be updated
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