3 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told The Associated Press.. The layoffs affect probationary employees with roughly one year or less of service at the agency and largely include workers in compliance departments, according to the person, who was not authorized to disclose the ...

4 days ago · Ahead of the layoffs, the IRS combed through an initial list of approximately 15,000 probationary employees to try to ensure that no one being laid off this week plays a "direct" role in filing ...

4 days ago · The layoffs are expected to take place a couple of weeks before the tax filing season reaches peak activity, in mid-March through mid-April. The New York Times was first to report that 6,000 IRS ...

4 days ago · The layoffs are coming a week during tax filing season, when the I.R.S. will be inundated with paperwork and questions from taxpayers. The I.R.S. employs about 100,000 accountants, lawyers and ...

3 days ago · Tax. Thousands of layoffs expected to start hitting the IRS on Thursday The DOGE-driven job cuts are coming in the midst of the tax filing season, and some tax industry professionals fear disruptions.

Feb 15, 2025 · The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week.

3 days ago · By the end of 2024, the IRS collected over $1.3 billion in back taxes from rich tax dodgers. The IRS has roughly 90,000 employees total across the United States, according to the latest IRS data.

5 days ago · The layoffs come in the middle of tax filing season. Former I.R.S. officials and Democrats have warned that losing such a large number of employees could still disrupt the ability of millions of ...

3 days ago · The Internal Revenue Service, better known as the IRS, is cutting more than 6,000 jobs in the middle of a busy tax season. ... D.C., area, which means these layoffs are disrupting their local ...

3 days ago · The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday began firing employees in a massive layoff ordered by the Trump administration, federal workers said, shaking the foundations of the tax agency during ...