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According to two people familiar with the situation, the Internal Revenue Service has drafted a plan to cut the workforce in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentive buyouts.
People spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday. Because they were not allowed to disclose the plan.
The layoffs are part of the Trump administration's efforts to scale down the federal workforce through the efficiency of billionaire Elon Musk, and will quickly reduce the government's workforce by firing almost every probation employee who has not yet gained government protection through a “repeated resignation program” to almost every probation employee who hasn't yet achieved government protection.
He said the IRS will be “dysfunctional” due to the reduction in the power of tens of thousands of employees.
Representatives from the White House, the Treasury Department and the IRS did not respond to Associated Press' requests for comment. New York Times First reported Deliberation.
According to the latest IRS data, federal tax collectors employ a total of around 90,000 workers across the United States. People of color make up 56% of the IRS workforce, while women make up 65%.
Already, around 7,000 probation IRS employees have provided services for less than a year in February.
The organization also reported that IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season would not be permitted to accept taxpayer acquisition offers earlier this month, but it provided IRS employees with the acquisition of the “resignation and resignation program” along with almost all federal employees across the government.
In addition to the planned layoffs, the Trump administration intends to lend IRS workers to the Department of Homeland Security to help enforce immigrants. In a letter sent in February, DHS Executive Director Christy Noem called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent to borrow IRS workers to support the ongoing immigration crackdown efforts.
Koskinen and six other former IRS commissioners wrote in the New York Times earlier this month:
According to a White House memo sent to federal agencies in late February, the agency plans to produce a report on cutting power plans by March 13, but it is unclear whether the White House will approve the IRS restructuring plan, and during which period it will take place.
