IRS July 22, 2025
The IRS workforce has been slashed from approximately 103,000 employees in January when Donald Trump began his second term as president to 77,428 in May, with some of the biggest job cuts among tax examiners and revenue agents, according to a new TIGTA report.
IRS May 5, 2025
A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration provides an update on the IRS’s efforts to reduce its workforce, as well as a snapshot of IRS business units impacted.
IRS May 2, 2025
Over 300 employees who work in the IRS Independent Office of Appeals have taken the Trump administration's deferred resignation program offer with another 100 requests outstanding, the head of the office said this week.
IRS April 18, 2025
Many IRS employees, who didn't take the first deferred resignation offer earlier this year, jumped at the chance to take the buyout this time around, while others have decided to ride it out, hoping they will be spared from the reduction in force plans at the tax agency.
IRS April 18, 2025
The IRS is telling some employees who have requested to take the latest deferred resignation offer from the Department of the Treasury that they're ineligible because their positions within the tax agency are "deemed critical."
IRS April 16, 2025
About one-fifth of the IRS workforce has requested to take an offer through the second deferred resignation program to be put on paid administrative leave through the end of September.
IRS April 16, 2025
Monday was the last day for IRS workers to upload their resumes, so agency leaders could determine their qualifications, which they were instructed to do earlier this month as part of a planned reduction in their workforce.
IRS April 15, 2025
Rajiv Uppal, who has served as CIO since January 2024, is leaving the agency, adding to the growing list of IRS leaders who are planning their exits as a result of the Trump administration's plan to reduce the federal workforce.
IRS April 9, 2025
Melanie Krause, who took over as acting IRS commissioner in February, is stepping down after the agency reached an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to share the data of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to assist with immigration enforcement.
IRS April 7, 2025
IRS employees who didn't accept the Trump administration's buyout offer earlier this year are being given one more chance to take the offer as more job cuts loom at the tax agency.