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.
Taxes July 15, 2025
Democrats from Maryland’s congressional delegation are calling on the Internal Revenue Service to speed up tax refunds for people facing financial challenges.
Taxes June 25, 2025
Despite calling this past tax filing season one of the most successful in recent memory, National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins warned there are potential risks heading into the 2026 tax season and that "it is critical that the IRS begin to take steps now to prepare."
IRS June 16, 2025
Probationary employees' jobs were in limbo for weeks. Meanwhile, many IRS workers across the agency are looking to leave.
IRS June 12, 2025
A coalition representing tax professionals urged the Treasury Department in a letter to take immediate steps to preserve core IRS functions—for both taxpayers and practitioners—amid workforce reductions at the tax agency.
IRS May 22, 2025
After being on paid administrative leave since mid-March, IRS probationary employees have been told to return to the office by May 23, after being fired by the Trump administration in February and reinstated a month later.
Payroll May 12, 2025
President Donald Trump’s February executive order calling for a radical reorganization of the federal workforce likely violates the Constitution, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston said.
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 April 25, 2025
An unknown number of employees who work in those two offices within the IRS received notice Friday afternoon that they are being laid off as part of the agency's reduction to its workforce.
IRS April 16, 2025
An internal memo said the IRS workforce, which sat at approximately 100,000 when President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, could be reduced to as little as 60,000 to 70,000 employees in the coming months.
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 11, 2025
Thousands of newer IRS workers—told to return to their jobs on April 14 after being laid off by the Trump administration in February but reinstated and put on paid administrative leave in March—will remain on leave after two court decisions this week paused plans to bring them back to the office.